Contemporary Debates Social PH

In this important and engaging volume, international scholars present opposing viewpoints to debate ten of the most important issues in contemporary social philosophy.

• Provides an original analysis of some of society's most pressing issues
  
• Written by an outstanding cast of international scholars
  
• Issues covered include the nature of freedom, the limits of religious tolerance, affirmative action, parenting, the death penalty, privacy, violence, world hunger, social diversity, homosexuality, and abortion
  
• Invites the reader to participate in the exchange of arguments

Author: Laurence Thomas, D. Ric Thomas
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 09/01/2007
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 9.67h x 6.79w x 0.73d
ISBN13: 9781405109109
ISBN10: 1405109106
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | History & Surveys | General
- Social Science | General
- Political Science | Public Policy | Social Services & Welfare

About the Author
Laurence Thomas is Professor in the departments of Philosophy and Political Science in the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, where he is also a member of the Center for European Studies. He is the author of over fifty articles and four books, Living Morally: A Psychology of Moral Character (1989), Vessels of Evil: American Slavery and the Holocaust (1993), Sexual Orientation and Human Rights (with Michael Levin, 1999) and The Family and the Political Self (2006). His articles on moral theory and social philosophy have been widely anthologized.