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《立場 辯證思維訓練：道德篇（第14版）》自美國常青藤出版公司麥格勞希爾教育出版集團引進，該系列已在全球暢銷30余年。《立場——辯證思維訓練：道德篇（第14版）》，話題不僅涉及道德相對主義等經典的倫理學問題，還涵蓋家庭、法律、科技等領域中的熱門話題，每一議題分別從正反兩方面加以討論。文章選自學刊論文、法庭辯詞、議會陳述等，結構嚴整，論證嚴密，語言精妙，為論說文之典范。閱讀本書不僅有助于培養辯證思維，拓展思考的深度和廣度，還有利于提高論辯表達能力。
作者簡介
歐文·M. 史密斯，美國斯蒂夫奧斯丁州立大學哲學與古典研究學副教授；安妮·柯林斯·史密斯美國斯蒂夫奧斯丁州立大學哲學與古典研究學副教授。
目次
導讀 英語思辨，攻錯他山 朱績崧 v
Preface xv
Topic Guide xvii
Introductioxix
Issue 1. Is Moral Relativism Correct? 1
YES: TorbjoTansjo?, from “Moral Relativism,” Philosophical Studies (2007)
NO: Louis P. Pojman, from “The Case Against Moral Relativism,” iThe Moral Life: AIntroductory Reader iEthics and Literature (Oxford University Press, 2007)
Issue 2. Must Sex Involve Commitment? 37
YES: SteveE. Rhoads, from “Hookup Culture: The High Costs of a Low ‘Price’ for Sex,” Society (December 2012)
NO: Raja Halwani, from “Casual Sex,” iSex from Plato to Paglia: A Philosophical Encyclopedia (Greenwood Press, 2005)
Issue 3. Is It Morally Right to Prohibit Same-Sex Marriage? 65
YES: HeleM. Alvaré, from “Brief of Amicus Curiae HeleM. Alvaré iSupport of Hollingsworth and BipartisaLegal Advisory Group” iHollingsworth v. Perry, U.S. v. Windsor, Supreme Court of the United States (January 2013)
NO: David Boonin, from “Same-Sex Marriage and the Argument from Public Disagreement,” Journal of Social Philosophy (Summer 1999)
Issue 4. Should HumaCloning Be Banned? 109
YES: Michael J. Sandel, from “The Ethical Implications of HumaCloning,” Perspectives iBiology and Medicine (Spring 2005)
NO: JohA. Robertson, from “HumaCloning and the Challenge of Regulation,” The New England Journal of Medicine ( July 9, 1998)
Issue 5. Should the Death Penalty Be Abolished? 134
YES: Michael Welch, from “The Machinery of Death: Capital Punishment and the Ironies of Social Control,” iPunishment iAmerica: Social Control and the Ironies of Imprisonment (Sage, 1999)
NO: Ernest vadeHaag, from “The Death Penalty Once More,” U.C. Davis Law Review (Summer 1985)
Issue 6. Is Torture Ever Justified? 177
YES: Mirko Bagaric and Julie Clarke, from “Not Enough Official Torture ithe World? The Circumstances iWhich Torture Is Morally Justifiable,” University of SaFrancisco Law Review (Spring 2005)
NO: Christopher Kutz, from “Torture, Necessity, and Existential Politics,” California Law Review (February 2007)
Issue 7. Is Physician-Assisted Suicide Wrong? 216
YES: Richard Doerflinger, from “Assisted Suicide: Pro-Choice or Anti-Life?” The Hastings Center Report ( January/February 1989)
NO: Anthony Back, Robert Baker, et al., from “Appellate Brief of Amicus Curiae Supporting Respondents iVacco v. Quill,” WL 709337, Supreme Court of the United States (1996)
Issue 8. Does Morality Require Vegetarianism? 257
YES: NathaNobis, from “Vegetarianism and Virtue: Does Consequentialism Demand Too Little?” Social Theory & Practice (January 2002)
NO: Beth K. Haile, from “Virtuous Meat Consumption: A Virtue Ethics Defense of aOmnivorous Way of Life,” Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture (Winter 2013)
Issue 9. Is It Right to Produce Geically Modified Food? 292
YES: Ronald Bailey, from “Dr. Strangelunch—Or: Why We Should Learto Stop Worrying and Love Geically Modified Food,” Reaso(January 2001)
NO: Michael W. Fox, from Killer Foods: WheScientists Manipulate Genes, Better Is Not Always Best (Lyons Press, 2004)
