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Machine generated contents note: pt. I Race, Gender, and Ethnicity -- 1.Racism -- Introduction -- 1.1.Three basic questions about racism -- 1.2.What is racism? -- 1.3.What is a racist? -- 1.4.A racist philosophy -- 1.5.The racist's burden of proof -- 1.6.Is there such a thing as "race"? -- 1.7.Are some "races" superior to others? -- 1.8.Ought supposedly superior "races" to dominate supposedly inferior "races"? -- 1.9."Race," rights, and utility -- 1.10.Racism and universalizability -- 1.11.Conclusion -- Study questions -- Notes -- 2.Sexism -- Introduction -- 2.1.Three basic questions about sexism -- 2.2.What is sexism? -- 2.3.What is a sexist? -- 2.4.The sexist's burden of proof -- 2.5.Is one sex innately superior to the other? -- 2.6.Ought one sex to dominate the other? -- 2.7.Conclusion -- Study questions -- Notes -- 3.Hispanic/Latino Immigration and Rights -- Introduction -- 3.1.Hispanics in America -- 3.2.Are Hispanics a race or an ethnic group? -- 3.3.Naming

The threat to the survival of humankind posed by nuclear weapons has been a frightening and essential focus of public debate for the last four decades and must continue to be so if we are to avoid destroying ourselves and the natural world around us. One unfortunate result of preoccupation with the nuclear threat, however, has been a new kind of ""respectability"" accorded to conventional war. In this radical and cogent argument for pacifism, Robert Holmes asserts that all war--not just nuclear war--has become morally impermissible in the modern world. Addressing a wide audience of informed

The threat to the survival of humankind posed by nuclear weapons has been a frightening and essential focus of public debate for the last four decades and must continue to be so if we are to avoid destroying ourselves and the natural world around us. One unfortunate result of preoccupation with the nuclear threat, however, has been a new kind of ""respectability"" accorded to conventional war. In this radical and cogent argument for pacifism, Robert Holmes asserts that all war--not just nuclear war--has become morally impermissible in the modern world. Addressing a wide audience of informed