Democracy, social values, and public policy

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Democracy, social values, and public policy

edited by Milton M. Carrow, Robert Paul Churchill, and Joseph J. Cordes

Praeger, 1998

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

Transcending the widespread concerns about deteriorating moral values in American society, this collection focuses on the common values of American society. Through the perspectives of philosophers, historians, political scientists, theologians, anthropologists, economists, and scientists, this book examines American social values and discusses how they are applied in current areas of public interest. American democratic ideals are not simply rooted in the conventional structural and institutional elements of a democracy, such as the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. American democracy, in fact, could not survive without a strong basis of social values that support community, tolerance, and cooperation. Since social values form the common bonds of society, and may not be supported by individual members, they are determined through a complex cultural, legal, and political process, as one of the contributors points out. The contributors to this book were assembled from a variety of disciplines and professions to examine social values and analyze their application in specific areas of current controversy. Through the perspectives of philosophy, anthropology, history, economics, political science, biomedical ethics, and religion, these discussions cover not only disciplinary perspectives but cover topics such as the environment, intergenerational interaction, social welfare policies, gender, and genetic engineering.

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Introduction by Milton M. Carrow, Robert Paul Churchill, and Joseph J. Cordes A Framework for Democracy: Social Values and Public Policy by Milton M. Carrow The Origin of Social Values by Jennifer Trusted The Wellsprings of Social Values by James A. Peacock American Democratic Institutions and Social Values by Timothy Brennan Social Values and Public Policy: A Contribution from a Religious Tradition by J. Bryan Hehir In Search of Identity: Economics and Values by Arjo Klamer Policy Analysis and Social Values by Mark Sagoff The Ethics of Cost-Benefit Analysis: Incommensurable, Incompatible, and Incomparable Values by Douglas MacLean Intergenerational Interaction on Resource Allocation by Gene D. Cohen Social Welfare Policies and Values by Edward D. Berkowitz Women, Gender, Values, and Public Policy by Cynthia Harrison Democratic Rhetoric and Genetic Engineering: Who Owns the Human Gene Pool? by Eric T. Juengst Democracy, Social Values, and Public Policy: Concluding Commentary by Kenneth F. Schaffner For Further Reading Index

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