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This text presents three systematic methods for analyzing public policy issues: utilitarianism, deontology, and prudent pragmatism. It argues for the superiority of prudent pragmatism to the other two approaches.  These are described in Part One, together with substantive American values which form the assumptons of ethical analysis. Part Two contains an historical discussion of six public policy areas and presents two detailed case studies in each area. Each case is analysed from the standpoint of utilitarian, deontological, and prudent pragmatic ethics, and an effort is made to show why prudent pragmatism produces the most satisfying results

PART ONE:
AMERICAN VALUES, ETHICAL ANALYSIS, AND DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
 
Chapter I - Introduction
                        Ethics and Policy-Making
                        Overview
Chapter II – American Political Culture: Core Values
                        Five Value Clusters
                        Values and Generational Change            
Chapter III – A Framework for Ethical Public Policy Analysis
                        Utilitarianism
                        Deontological Ethics (Kantianism)
                       Prudent Pragmatism
Chapter IV  –  Prudent Pragmatism and Consensus: Case Ethics in Monist and in Pluralist 
                        `            Society
                        The Fusion of Religion and Politics in Monist Society
                        Case Morality in Monist Society
                        Casuistry in Medieval Europe
                        Consensus in Pluralist Society
 
 
Chapter V – Prudent Pragmatism and Democratic Polity: Citizen, Representative, and
                                         Policy Analyst
                       Citizenship in a Democracy
                       Representation and Representatives
                       Policy Analysis in Deliberative Democracy
                          
                                                      
                         PART TWO: ISSUES AND CASES
 
Preface to Part Two
Chapter VI – National Health Care Policy
                        The United States Public Health System
                       Controlling Tobacco As a Hazardous Substance
                                       Case Study: New York’s Response to Second-Hand Smoke
                                        Paying for Individual Health Care: The Insurance Dilemma
                                       Prescription Drugs and Medicare: A Case  Study
 
Chapter VII – Criminal Justice
                        The Administration of Criminal Justice: An Historical Perspective
                                        Racial Profiling and the War on Drugs
                                         Racial Profiling in New Jersey: A Case Study
                        Combating Subversion: Crime Control or War
                                         The Lackawanna Six:  A Case Study
 

Chapter VIII – Social Welfare in the U.S.: Conflicting Principles of Distributive                
                                                          Justice
                         The Welfare State in Europe and in America
                         America’s Response to Immigration: Illegals and Welfare
                                          Welfare and Illegal Aliens: the Case of California
                          Health Care for the Poor
                                          Medicaid and the Poor in Allegany County: A Case Study 
Chapter IX – Biotechnology and Humanity
                        The Biotechnology Revolution
                        Public Control of Scientific Research
                        Stem Cell Research
                                         The Bush Prohibition: A Case Study
                         Organ Transplantation and Organ Donation
                                         Enhancing the Organ  Supply by Changing the Moral     
                                                                           Culture: A Case Study
 
 Chapter X – The Natural Environment and Human Well-Being
                        Environmental Policy a Major Concern
                        Clean Air
                                        The Clear Skies Initiative: A Case Study
                        The Harnessing of America’s Rivers
                                      Problems and Contradictions in the Dam Complex:
                                                                                      A  Case Study
 
 Chapter XI – Ethical Defense
                        America in the World: Leader or Hegemon?

                        America at War
                        Preemptive War
                                       The Invasion of Iraq: A Case Study

                        The Treatment of Enemy Prisoners in Wartime: Jus in Bello
                              Interrogations in Abu Ghraib Prison: A Case Study 
Chapter XII- Conclusion

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