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Applying political theory : issues and debates / Katherine Smits.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009Description: xiv, 277 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 023055508X
  • 9780230555082
  • 0230555098
  • 9780230555099
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.011 22
LOC classification:
  • JA71 .S54 2009
Contents:
Introduction How should domestic resources be distributed? : Taxation, welfare and redistribution -- Should minority cultures have collective rights? -- Is Affirmative Action fair? -- Should prostitution and pornography be legal? -- Should same-sex marriage be legal? -- Should the state intervene to regulate euthanasia and abortion? -- Should offensive speech be criminalized? -- Is the state justified in restricting civil liberties on the grounds of protecting against terrorist attack? -- Should rich countries give more foreign aid? -- Is military intervention in other countries justified on human rights grounds? -- Do we owe duties of justice to future generations still unborn, and /or to animals? -- Conclusion: The uses of applied political theory.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-268) and index.

Introduction How should domestic resources be distributed? : Taxation, welfare and redistribution -- Should minority cultures have collective rights? -- Is Affirmative Action fair? -- Should prostitution and pornography be legal? -- Should same-sex marriage be legal? -- Should the state intervene to regulate euthanasia and abortion? -- Should offensive speech be criminalized? -- Is the state justified in restricting civil liberties on the grounds of protecting against terrorist attack? -- Should rich countries give more foreign aid? -- Is military intervention in other countries justified on human rights grounds? -- Do we owe duties of justice to future generations still unborn, and /or to animals? -- Conclusion: The uses of applied political theory.

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