Acknowledgments
Introduction: What's Wrong with Arguing?
PART 1. WHAT'S WRONG WITH KILLING?
1. Is Killing in War Wrong?
Fullinwider and His Critics
Robert K. Fullinwider, "War and Innocence"
Critics
Lawrence A. Alexander, "Self-Defense and the Killing of Noncombatants: A Reply to Fullinwider"
2. Is Euthanasia Wrong?
Rachels and His Critics
James Rachels, "Active and Passive Euthanasia"
Critics
Winston Nesbitt, "Is Killing No Worse Than Letting Die?"
Roy W. Perrett, "Killing, Letting Die, and the Bare Difference Argument"
Shelly Kagan, "The Additive Fallacy"
Graham Oddie, "Killing and Letting Die: From Bare Differences to Clear Differences"
3. Is Abortion Wrong?
Marquis and His Critics
Don Marquis, "Why Abortion Is Immoral"
Critics
Gerald H. Paske, "Abortion and the Neo-Natal Right to Life: A Critique of Marquis's Futurist Argument"
Alastair Norcross, "Killing, Abortion, and Contraception: A Reply to Marquis"
Peter K. McInerney, "Does a Fetus Already Have a Future-Like-Ours?"
Thomson and Her Critics
Judith Jarvis Thomson, "A Defense of Abortion"
Critics
Baruch Brody, "Thomson on Abortion"
Francis J. Beckwith, "Arguments from Bodily Rights: A Critical Analysis"
4. Is Infanticide Wrong?
Tooley and His Critics
Michael Tooley, "Abortion and Infanticide"
Critics
Alan Carter, "Infanticide and the Right to Life"
John C. Stevens, "Must the Bearer of a Right Have the Concept of That to Which He Has a Right?"
5. Is Killing Nonhuman Animals Wrong?
Regan and His Critics
Tom Regan, "The Case for Animal Rights"
Critics
Jan Narveson, "On a Case for Animal Rights"
R.G. Frey, "Why Animals Lack Beliefs and Desires"
R.G. Frey, "The Case Against Animal Rights"
Alan White, "Rights"
PART 2. WHAT'S WRONG WITH SEX?
6. Is Homosexuality Wrong?
Levin and His Critics
Michael Levin, "Why Homosexuality Is Abnormal"
Critics
Timothy F. Murphy, "Homosexuality and Nature: Happiness and the Law at Stake"
7. Is "Outing" Homosexuals Wrong?
Mohr and His Critics
Richard D. Mohr, "The Case for Outing"
Critics
James S. Stramel, "Outing, Ethics, and Politics: A Reply to Mohr"
David J. Mayo and Martin Gunderson, "Privacy and the Ethics of Outing"
8. Is Adultery Wrong?
Wasserstrom and His Critics
Richard Wasserstrom, "Is Adultery Immoral?"
Critics
Michael J. Wreen, "What's Really Wrong with Adultery"
Bonnie Steinbock, "Adultery"
Don Marquis, "What's Wrong with Adultery?"
9. Is Antioch's "Sexual Offense Policy" Wrong?
Soble and His Critics
Alan Soble, "Antioch's 'Sexual Offense Policy': A Philosophical Exploration"
Critics
Eva Feder Kittay, "AH! My Foolish Heart: A Reply to Soble's 'Antioch's "Sexual Offense Policy": A Philosophical Exploration'"
10. Is Prostitution Wrong?
Ericsson and His Critics
Lars O. Ericsson, "Charges Against Prostitution: An Attempt at a Philosophical Assessment"
Critics
Carole Pateman, "Defending Prostitution: Charges Against Ericsson"
Laurie Shrage, "Should Feminists Oppose Prostitution?"
Karen Green, "Prostitution, Exploitation, and Taboo"
PART 3. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE FAMILY?
11. Is Neglecting One's Parents Wrong?
English and Her Critics
Jane English, "What Do Grown Children Owe Their Parents?"
Critics
Joseph Kupfer, "Can Parents and Children Be Friends?"
Nicholas Dixon, "The Friendship Model of Filial Obligations"
12. Is the Traditional Family Wrong?
Sommers and Her Critics
Christina Hoff Sommers, "Philosophers Against the Family"
Critics
Marilyn Friedman, "'They Lived Happily Ever After': Sommers on Women and Marriage"
Claudia Mills, "The Ties That Bind: Duties to Family Members"
13. Is Licensing Parents Wrong?
LaFollette and His Critics
Hugh LaFollette, "Licensing Parents"
Critics
Lawrence E. Frisch, "On Licentious Licensing: A Reply to Hugh LaFollette"
Pierre Lemieux, "Parent Licensing"
14. Is Same-Sex Marriage Wrong?
Jordan and His Critics
Jeff Jordan, "Is It Wrong to Discriminate on the Basis of Homosexuality?"
Critics
David Boonin, "Same-Sex Marriage and the Argument from Public Disagreement"
Andrew Sullivan, "Virtually Normal: An Argument About Homosexuality"
PART 4. WHAT'S WRONG WITH RACE RELATIONS?
15. Is Affirmative Action Wrong?
Thomson and Her Critics
Judith Jarvis Thomson, "Preferential Hiring"
Critics
Robert Simon, "Preferential Hiring: A Reply to Judith Jarvis Thomson"
16. Are Reparations for Slavery Wrong?
Horowitz and His Critics
David Horowitz, "Ten Reasons Why Reparations for Blacks Is a Bad Idea for Blacks--and Racist, Too!"
Critics
Robert Chrisman and Ernest Allen, Jr., "Ten Reasons: A Response to David Horowitz"
Randall Robinson, "America's Debt to Blacks"
17. Is a White Musician Playing the Blues Wrong?
Rudinow and His Critics
Joel Rudinow, "Race, Ethnicity, Expressive Authenticity: Can White People Sing the Blues?"
Critics
Paul Taylor, " . . . So Black and Blue: Response to Rudinow"
Joel Rudinow, "Reply to Taylor"
18. Is Racial Profiling Wrong?
Levin and His Critics
Michael Levin, "Responses to Race Differences in Crime"
Critics
Chana Berniker Cox, "On Michael Levin's 'Responses to Race Differences in Crime'"
Laurence Thomas, "Statistical Badness"
Louis P. Pojman, "Race and Crime: A Response to Michael Levin and Laurence Thomas"
PART 5. WHAT'S WRONG WITH COMMERCE?
19. Is Failing to Divest from Immoral Companies Wrong?
Cahn and His Critics
Steven M. Cahn, "A Puzzle Concerning Divestiture"
Critics
Roger A. Shiner, "The Divestiture Puzzle Dissolved"
Kerry S. Walters, "Morally Acceptable Divestiture"
Saul Smilansky, "The Point in Principled Divestiture"
20. Is Insider Trading Wrong?
Werhane and Her Critics
Patricia H. Werhane, "The Ethics of Insider Trading"
Critics
Deryl W. Martin and Jeffrey H. Peterson, "Insider Trading Revisited"
21. Is Marketing Human Organs Wrong?
Chadwick and Her Critics
Ruth F. Chadwick, "The Market for Bodily Parts: Kant and Duties to Oneself"
Critics
G.V. Tadd, "The Market for Bodily Parts: A Response to Ruth Chadwick"
Mark T. Nelson, "The Morality of a Free Market for Transplant Organs"
22. Is Commercial Surrogate Motherhood Wrong?
Anderson and Her Critics
Elizabeth S. Anderson, "Is Women's Labor a Commodity?"
Critics
Richard J. Arneson, "Commodification and Commercial Surrogacy"
Alan Wertheimer, "Two Questions About Surrogacy and Exploitation"
23. Is Failing to Contribute to Famine Relief Wrong?
Singer and His Critics
Peter Singer, "Famine, Affluence, and Morality"
Critics
John Arthur, "World Hunger and Moral Obligation: The Case Against Singer"
Michael Slote, "Famine, Affluence, and Empathy"
PART 6. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE STATE?
24. Is Redistributive Taxation Wrong?
Nozick and His Critics
Robert Nozick, "Distributive Justice"
Critics
Alan H. Goodman, "The Entitlement Theory of Distributive Justice"
Mark A. Michael, "Redistributive Taxation, Self-Ownership, and the Fruit of Labour"
25. Is Capital Punishment Wrong?
van den Haag and His Critics
Ernest van den Haag, "Refuting Reiman and Nathanson"
Critics
Jeffrey H. Reiman, "Justice, Civilization, and the Death Penalty: Answering van den Haag"
Stephen Nathanson, "Does It Matter If the Death Penalty is Arbitrarily Administered?"
26. Is All Punishment Wrong?
Barnett and His Critics
Randy E. Barnett, "Restitution: A New Paradigm of Criminal Justice"
Critics
Franklin G. Miller, "Restitution and Punishment: A Reply to Barnett"
Roger Pilon, "Criminal Remedies: Restitution, Punishment, or Both?"
Stanley S. Kleinberg, "Criminal Justice and Private Enterprise"
27. Is a Government Ban on Tobacco Wrong?
Goodin and His Critics
Robert Goodin, "No Smoking"
Critics
Daniel Shapiro, "Smoking Tobacco: Irrationality, Addiction, and Paternalism"
Graham Oddie, "Addiction and the Value of Freedom"
28. Is a Government Ban on Cloning Wrong?
Kass and His Critics
Leon R. Kass, "Preventing a Brave New World"
Critics
David Elliott, "Uniqueness, Individuality, and Human Cloning"
David B. Hershenov, "An Argument for Limited Human Cloning"
PART 7. WHAT ELSE IS WRONG?
29. Is Inheriting Wealth Wrong?
D.W. Haslett, "Is Inheritance Justified?"
30. Is Criminalizing Blackmail Wrong?
Walter Block, "The Crime of Blackmail: A Libertarian Critique"
31. Is Punishing People for Bad Luck Wrong?
David Lewis, "The Punishment That Leaves Something to Chance"
32. Is Refusing to Work Wrong?
Lawrence C. Becker, "The Obligation to Work"
33. Is Copying This Book Wrong?
Selmer Bringsjord, "In Defense of Copying"
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