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Bergeron, Harrison, 155–56
Better Business Bureau, 112–13
birth order, 159
Blackwater Worldwide, 89–90
Boswell, James, 146
Boudreau, Tyler E., 11
Brandes, Bernd-Jurgen, 73–74
Brown, Sherrod, 15
Buffett, Warren, 58
Bulger, James (Whitey), 237–38
Bulger, William, 237–39
Bush, George W., 12, 90
Buy American provision, 232–34
cannibalism: consensual, 73–74; lifeboat case, 31–33, 69
Capitalism and Freedom (Friedman), 61
Carnegie, Andrew, 77, 80, 102
caste systems, 153, 157
casual sex, Kant’s case against, 129–32
categorical imperative: comparison with hypothetical imperative, 117, 119–23, 127; defined, 119, 120; and false promises, 120–21, 122; formula of humanity as an end, 121–23; formula of universal law, 120–21, 134, 137; and free will, 124, 126; and Golden Rule, 124–25; relationship to morality, 126–29; and suicide, 122–23
Chamberlain, Wilt, 63–64
Charley (hurricane), 3–4
cheerleader example, 184–86
Cheney, Richard, 38
choosing self, the, 214, 216, 218
Christians, throwing to lions, 37–38
cigarettes, see smoking, Philip Morris cost-benefit analysis
citizenship, 85–89, 140, 193, 263–64, 266–67; Aristotle’s view of, 200
civic obligations: military service vs. jury duty, 85–86; Rousseau’s view, 87; ways of discharging, 84–85
civic virtue: 84–87, 264–65; Aristotle’s view of, 193–99; erosion, 267–68
Civil War, conscripting soldiers, 76–77; see also Lee, Robert E.
Cleveland, Grover, 77
Clinton, Bill, 134–36, 137, 138
collective responsibility: comparison with moral individualism, 213–15; compensatory case for affirmative action, 170–71; obligations of solidarity, 234–35; public apology question, 210–13, 215
colleges and universities: arguments about purpose, 191–92; auctioning admissions, 181–83; mission question, 174, 175; promoting diversity, 171– 73; question of purpose, 182–83; see also affirmative action
commercial surrogacy, 100–101
common currency of value: girls of St. Anne’s College, 47–48; Mill’s writings, 52–54; as objection to utilitarianism, 41–48; Thorndike’s survey, 46–47; see also cost-benefit analysis
common good, 244–69; and abortion debate, 251–52, 253; cultivating virtue and reasoning about, 260, 261–69; as diversity rationale, 171–72; inequality, solidarity, and civic virtue as themes, 265–68; and justice, 260–69; moral limits of markets theme, 265; politics of moral engagement, 268–69; and role of religion in politics, 244–51; sacrifice and service as themes, 263–64; and same-sex marriage debate, 253–60; and stem cell research debate, 252–53
communitarians, 221
community, 34–40, 69, 139, 156, 177–78, 181–83, 193–95, 199, 220–21, 263–64
compensation, worker, 18, 157–58, 162–63
compensatory argument, in affirmative action debate, 170–71
conscription, 76–77, 78, 79–80, 81, 82, 86, 87; allowing draftees to hire substitutes, 76, 77, 79–80, 81
consensual cannibalism, 73–74
consent: as aspect of obligations, 144, 145, 146–49; Constitution as social contract, 140, 143; and contracts, 143, 144, 145, 149; Hume’s view, 146–47; hypothetical, 140; marriage contract example, 149; moral limits, 145, 146; obligations beyond, 223–25; tainted, 92, 94, 95–96; unnecessary, 146–47
Constant, Benjamin, 132
Constitution of 1787: fairness of, 143; as social contract, 140, 143
Constitution of Liberty, The (Hayek), 61
contracts: and consent, 143, 144, 145, 149; fairness in, 142–45, 150; ideals behind moral force, 149–51; moral limits, 142–45, 146; and Rawls’s veil of ignorance, 150–51; see also social contract; surrogate pregnancies
Conyers, John, 210
cost-benefit analysis: air pollution standards case, 44–46; defined, 41; exploding gas tanks case, 43–44; lung cancer case, 42–43
Craig, Gregory, 135–36
Crist, Charlie, 3, 4, 5, 7
Cuomo, Andrew, 14
democrats, Aristotle’s view, 193
designated-hitter rule, in baseball, 205–206
difference principle: defined, 151–52; effort