Overview
- Approaches philosophical issues in public policy through numerous, interdisciplinary lenses
- Discusses how policies are made, how they connect to intended goals, and how to evaluate their effects
- Provides a foundation in the conceptual and normative questions underlying public-policy formation
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This book brings together a large and diverse collection of philosophical papers addressing a wide variety of public policy issues. Topics covered range from long-standing subjects of debate such as abortion, punishment, and freedom of expression, to more recent controversies such as those over gene editing, military drones, and statues honoring Confederate soldiers. Part I focuses on the criminal justice system, including issues that arise before, during, and after criminal trials. Part II covers matters of national defense and sovereignty, including chapters on military ethics, terrorism, and immigration. Part III, which explores political participation, manipulation, and standing, includes discussions of issues involving voting rights, the use of nudges, and claims of equal status. Part IV covers a variety of issues involving freedom of speech and expression. Part V deals with questions of justice and inequality. Part VI considers topics involving bioethics andbiotechnology. Part VII is devoted to beginning of life issues, such as cloning and surrogacy, and end of life issues, such as assisted suicide and organ procurement. Part VIII navigates emerging environmental issues, including treatments of the urban environment and extraterrestrial environments.
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Table of contents (61 chapters)
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Crime, Punishment, and the Law
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War, Terrorism, and National Sovereignty
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Political Participation, Manipulation, and Standing
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Reviews
“This handbook might … best be thought of as something more like a snapshot of the field. … this volume will nonetheless prove able to do what a good photograph can still do: capture your interest in its subject, draw you in to examine it more closely, provide mental stimulation and enjoyment, and, ideally, inspire you to think about its subject more carefully and to explore it from more angles than any one representation of it can provide.” (Scriptable, rtreview.org, Issue 60, July, 2019)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
David Boonin is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Values and Social Policy at the University of Colorado-Boulder. He is the author of Thomas Hobbes and the Science of Moral Virtue (1994), A Defense of Abortion (2003), The Problem of Punishment (2008) Should Race Matter? (2011), and The Non-Identity Problem and the Ethics of Future People (2014). He is also the co-editor, with Graham Oddie, of the popular textbook What’s Wrong?: Applied Ethicists and Their Critics (2004).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophy and Public Policy
Editors: David Boonin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93907-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-93906-3Published: 20 October 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06742-7Published: 03 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-93907-0Published: 08 October 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 859
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Philosophy, Public Policy, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History