Legislating Morality in America
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Abortion
Animal Rights and Welfare
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Death Penalty
Economic Inequality
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Gambling
Genetic Engineering
Illegal Immigration
Poverty
Prayer and Religious Observance
Religious Freedom
Second Amendment
Sex Education in Public Schools
Sin Taxes
Surveillance
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- ISBN 9781440849701
- Weight: 851g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 07 Jan 2020
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This title undertakes an impartial, authoritative, and in-depth examination of the moral arguments and ideas behind the laws and policies that govern personal, corporate, and government behavior in the United States.
This A–Z encyclopedia surveys the moral arguments that provide the foundation for many of the most important and/or divisive laws, policies, and beliefs that govern modern American society. The work discusses such controversial and important issues as abortion, civil rights, drugs and alcohol, euthanasia, guns, hate crimes, immigration, immunization, natural resource use and protection, prostitution, same-sex marriage, and workplace laws.
In the process of surveying historical and current beliefs about appropriate legislative responses to these issues, this work will help readers to understand how conservative and liberal conceptions of justice, fairness, and morality are at the center of so many hot-button political and social issues in 21st century America. The essays featured in the volume cover wide-ranging and controversial topics related to constitutional and religious freedoms, crime and punishment, sexuality and reproduction, environmental protection and public health, national security and civil liberties, social welfare programs, and education.
Donald P. Haider-Markel is professor and chair of political science at the University of Kansas. His research and teaching are focused on the dynamics between public opinion, political representation, political behavior, and public policy.
