عنوان

Sex, discrimination, and violence :

(Number (ISBN

0761847995

(Number (ISBN

9780761847991

Title Proper

Sex, discrimination, and violence :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

surprising and unpopular results in applied ethics /

First Statement of Responsibility

Stephen Kershnar.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Lanham, Md. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University Press of America,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2009.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xii, 167 pages ;

Dimensions

23 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

"Sex, Discrimination, and Violence is about how the systematic application of some basic principles of applied ethics yields some surprising and very unpopular results. In particular, Stephen Kershnar investigates three areas: sex, discrimination, and violence. In his discussion of sex, he concludes that adult-child sex is not always wrong and that it is not clear that watching rape pornography is bad for the viewer. When discussing discrimination, Kershnar argues for the following startling conclusions: persons of different races on average differ in their value, professional schools may and probably should discriminate against women, and equal opportunity is not worth pursuing. In his discussion of violence, he contends that in some cases governments are morally permitted to use torture in order to interrogate suspected terrorists and may assassinate foreign leaders."--Jacket.

Applied ethics.

Discrimination-- Moral and ethical aspects.

Sexual ethics.

Violence-- Moral and ethical aspects.

Applied ethics.

Discrimination-- Moral and ethical aspects.

Sexual ethics.

Violence-- Moral and ethical aspects.

Number

Class number

Book number

Kershnar, Stephen.

Date of Transaction

20200822125404.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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