The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophy and Public Policy

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiii
 Introduction: Philosophers and Public Policy  (David Boonin)....Pages 1-8
Front Matter ....Pages 9-9
 Pretrial Detention and Moral Agency  (Katrina L. Sifferd, Tyler K. Fagan)....Pages 11-23
 Why Brain Images (Probably) Should Not Be Used in US Criminal Trials  (Valerie Gray Hardcastle)....Pages 25-37
 A Defense of Jury Nullification  (Michael Huemer)....Pages 39-50
 Mandatory Minimums and the War on Drugs  (Daniel Wodak)....Pages 51-62
 Criminal Punishment and Free Will  (Derk Pereboom)....Pages 63-76
 The Promise of Neuroscience for Law: Hope or Hype?  (Stephen J. Morse)....Pages 77-96
 Feminism, Violence, and the State  (Sarah Tyson)....Pages 97-108
Front Matter ....Pages 109-109
 Military Psychological Operations: Ethics and Policy Considerations  (Mark Zelcer, Garrett VanPelt, Devin Casey)....Pages 111-122
 Against Interrogational Torture: Upholding a Troubled Taboo  (Philip E. Devine)....Pages 123-133
 The Use of Lethal Drones in the War on Terror  (David K. Chan)....Pages 135-145
 The Myth of Senseless Violence and the Problem of Terrorism  (Maarten Boudry)....Pages 147-160
 A Defense of Open Borders  (Christopher Freiman)....Pages 161-171
 Immigration Enforcement and Fairness to Would-Be Immigrants  (Hrishikesh Joshi)....Pages 173-184
 Toward a Nonideal Approach to Immigration Justice  (Shelley Wilcox)....Pages 185-197
Front Matter ....Pages 199-199
 An Ethical Assessment of Actual Voter Behavior  (Jason Brennan)....Pages 201-214
 Should Children Have the Right to Vote?  (Eric Wiland)....Pages 215-224
 Norms, Nudges, and Autonomy  (Ryan Muldoon)....Pages 225-233
 Nudges and Other Moral Technologies in the Context of Power: Assigning and Accepting Responsibility  (Mark Alfano, Philip Robichaud)....Pages 235-248
 Public Policy and the Administrative Evil of Special Education  (Kevin Timpe)....Pages 249-262
 Manufacturing Monsters: Dehumanization and Public Policy  (David Livingstone Smith)....Pages 263-275
 Is Religion Special? More Likely Than Not!  (Francis J. Beckwith)....Pages 277-289
 Animals and Political Standing  (Dan Hooley)....Pages 291-301
Front Matter ....Pages 303-303
 The Liberty of Thought and Discussion: Restatement and Implications  (Russell Blackford)....Pages 305-315
 Free Speech and Discrimination in the Cake Wars  (John Corvino)....Pages 317-328
 Whose Public? The Stakes of Citizens United  (Corey McCall)....Pages 329-339
 The Ethics of Racist Monuments  (Dan Demetriou, Ajume Wingo)....Pages 341-355
 Free to Inquire: The Evolution-Creationism Controversy as a Test Case in Equal Time and Free Speech  (Michael Shermer)....Pages 357-367
 Pedophilia and Computer-Generated Child Pornography  (Ole Martin Moen, Aksel Braanen Sterri)....Pages 369-381
 Does the ADA Discriminate Against Deaf People?  (Teresa Blankmeyer Burke)....Pages 383-394
Front Matter ....Pages 395-395
 Principles of Distributive Justice  (Jeppe von Platz)....Pages 397-408
 When Equality Matters  (John Thrasher)....Pages 409-419
 Feminism, Gender Inequality, and Public Policy  (Mary Hawkesworth)....Pages 421-439
 Understanding Effective Altruism and Its Challenges  (William MacAskill)....Pages 441-453
 Economic Rent, Rent-Seeking Behavior, and the Case of Privatized Incarceration  (Daniel Halliday, Janine O’Flynn)....Pages 455-467
 Accounting for Intrinsic Values in the Federal Student Loan System  (Yoaav Isaacs, Jason Iuliano)....Pages 469-477
 Borrowed Knowledge: Pedagogy and Student Debt in the Neoliberal University  (Claire Pickard)....Pages 479-490
Front Matter ....Pages 491-491
 Challenging the Therapy/Enhancement Distinction in CRISPR Gene Editing  (Arvin M. Gouw)....Pages 493-508
 CRISPR and the Ethics of Gene Drive in Mosquitoes  (Tina Rulli)....Pages 509-521
 Enhancement and Cheating: Implications for Policy in Sport  (Justin Caouette, Allen Habib)....Pages 523-533
 Sexual Orientation Minority Rights and High-Tech Conversion Therapy  (Brian D. Earp, Andrew Vierra)....Pages 535-550
 Why Policymaking Should Not Be Based on Evolutionary Accounts of Human Behavior  (Subrena E. Smith)....Pages 551-561
 Exploitation and International Clinical Research: The Disconnect Between Goals and Policy  (Danielle M. Wenner)....Pages 563-574
 Mandating Data Exclusivity for Pharmaceuticals Through International Agreements: A Fair Idea?  (Lisa Diependaele, Sigrid Sterckx)....Pages 575-591
 Big Data: Ethical Considerations  (G. Owen Schaefer, Markus K. Labude, Harisan Unais Nasir)....Pages 593-607
 Professionalism and the Ethics of Conscientious Objection Accommodation in Medicine  (Udo Schuklenk, Benjamin Zolf)....Pages 609-621
 American Pragmatism, Disability, and the Politics of Resilience in Mental Health Education  (Sarah H. Woolwine, Justin Bell)....Pages 623-634
Front Matter ....Pages 635-635
 Human Cloning: Stereotypes, Public Policy, and the Law  (Kerry Lynn Macintosh)....Pages 637-647
 The Metaphysics of Surrogacy  (Suki Finn)....Pages 649-659
 Legislating Pain Capability: Sentience and the Abortion Debate  (E. M. Dadlez, William L. Andrews)....Pages 661-675
 Welcoming the Unborn: Toward a Politics of Inclusion  (Celia Wolf-Devine)....Pages 677-689
 Palliation and Medically Assisted Dying: A Case Study in the Use of Slippery Slope Arguments in Public Policy  (Michael Cholbi)....Pages 691-702
 “I Support the Right to Die. You Go First”: Bias and Physician-Assisted Suicide  (Felicia Nimue Ackerman)....Pages 703-715
 Organ Procurement: The Ethical Obligation to Release Organs  (D. Micah Hester)....Pages 717-734
Front Matter ....Pages 735-735
 Women, Land and Eco-Justice  (Donna M. Giancola)....Pages 737-747
 A Rights-Based Conception of the Precautionary Principle  (Levente Szentkirályi)....Pages 749-765
 Roles for Socially Engaged Philosophy of Science in Environmental Policy  (Kevin C. Elliott)....Pages 767-778
 The Acceleration of Global Warming as Crime Against Humanity: A Moral Case for Fossil Fuel Divestment  (Lawrence Torcello)....Pages 779-793
 Environmental Civil Disobedience  (James M. Dow)....Pages 795-807
 Reliance Structures: How Urban Public Policy Shapes Human Agency  (Matthew Noah Smith)....Pages 809-825
 Toward a Galactic Common Good: Space Exploration Ethics  (Ted Peters)....Pages 827-843
Back Matter ....Pages 845-859