Ethics in the Real World: 82 Brief Essays on Things That Matter
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Big Questions -- The Value of a Pale Blue Dot -- Does Anything Matter? -- Is There Moral Progress? -- God and Suffering, Again -- Godless Morality (with Marc Hauser) -- Are We Ready for a "Morality Pill"? (with Agata Sagan) -- The Quality of Mercy -- Thinking about the Dead -- Should This Be the Last Generation? -- Philosophy on Top -- Animals -- Europe's Ethical Eggs -- If Fish Could Scream -- Cultural Bias against Whaling? -- A Case for Veganism -- Consider the Turkey: Thoughts for Thanksgiving -- In Vitro Meat -- Chimpanzees Are People, Too -- The Cow Who . . . -- Beyond the Ethic of the Sanctity of Life -- The Real Abortion Tragedy -- Treating (or Not) the Tiniest Babies -- Pulling Back the Curtain on the Mercy Killing of Newborns -- No Diseases for Old Men -- When Doctors Kill -- Choosing Death -- Dying in Court -- Bioethics and Public Health -- The Human Genome and the Genetic Supermarket -- The Year of the Clone? -- Kidneys for Sale? -- The Many Crises of Health Care -- Public Health versus Private Freedom? -- Weigh More, Pay More -- Should We Live to 1,000? -- Population and the Pope -- Sex and Gender -- Should Adult Sibling Incest Be a Crime? -- Homosexuality Is Not Immoral -- Virtual Vices -- A Private Affair? -- How Much Should Sex Matter? (with Agata Sagan) -- God and Woman in Iran -- Doing Good -- The One-Percent Solution -- Holding Charities Accountable -- Blatant Benevolence -- Good Charity, Bad Charity -- Heartwarming Causes Are Nice, But Let's Give to Charity with Our Heads -- The Ethical Cost of High-Price Art -- Preventing Human Extinction (with Nick Beckstead and Matt Wage) -- Happiness -- Happiness, Money, and Giving It Away -- Can We Increase Gross National Happiness? -- The High Cost of Feeling Low -- No Smile Limit