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117, 128

hiring vs. drafting soldiers, 76–91

Hobbes, Thomas, 118

Holocaust, reparations for, 208

honor, 185, 186, 187, 191, 192, 194, 195, 206–207

Hopwood, Cheryl, 167–68, 170, 171, 173, 175, 176, 177, 180–81

Howard, John, 211, 235

human organ sales, 70–72

human rights: Kant’s case for, 104–106, 123; libertarian view, 103–104; Mill’s writings, 49–52; relationship of respect concept to, 123; utilitarian view, 37–48, 103

Hume, David: house repair experience, 146–47; view of reason, 118; view of social contract, 146–47

Hurricane Charley, 3–4

Hyde, Henry, 211–12, 235

hypothetical imperative: comparison with categorical imperative, 117, 119–23, 127; defined, 119; and freedom, 124

immigration: arguments for limiting, 231–32; and inequality among nations, 230

in vitro fertilization (IVF), 99

incentives, as issue with difference principle, 157–58

inclination, Kant’s comparison with duty, 112–16, 117, 118, 127, 128

income differentials, 18, 157–58, 162–63

individual rights, 19–20, 28, 37–41, 48–50, 68–70, 219

inequality: and difference principle, 151–53; economic, and libertarianism, 59–60, 62–63; growth in American life, 265–68; income, 157–58

informed consent, 92, 93–94, 95–96

injustice, as basis for financial bailout outrage, 14; see also apologies, public, for historic injustices

intelligible realm, comparison with sensible realm, 127–29

involuntary servitude, conscription as, 79

Iraq War: and all-volunteer army, 77, 78–79, 83; debate over awarding Purple Heart, 10–12; role of private contractors, 89–90

Jacoby, Jeff, 5, 7

Japan, question of apology for wartime atrocities, 209

Jews, see anti-Jewish quotas

Jews, Ethiopian, 227–228

Jordan, Michael: distributive justice example, 64–66; and meritocracy question, 159; and self-ownership question, 65, 66, 69–70

jury duty, 85

just society, defined, 19

just work, 203

justice: ancient compared with modern views, 9–10; Aristotle’s views, 9, 12, 186–88, 200, 201–202, 204, 217, 242; and autonomous self, 214, 215; choosing behind veil of ignorance, 151–53; and common good, 244–69; freedom approach, 6, 9, 10, 19–20, 105, 218–20, 260–61; and good life, 218, 220, 240–43, 260–61; honorific aspect, 179–81, 186, 195; Kant’s view, 9, 138, 139, 217, 218, 241–42, 243; meritocratic theory, 154–55, 157, 160; and price-gouging debate, 6–9; promoting virtue as way of thinking about, 6, 9–10, 19, 20, 105, 260–61; Rawls’s view, 9, 153–55, 217, 218, 241–42, 243; severing from moral desert, 178–81; and surrogate pregnancies, 95–98, 101; utilitarian approach, 19, 105, 216, 217, 260, 261

Kaczynski, David, 239–41

Kant, Immanuel, 103–39; on autonomy, 110–11, 117, 214; background, 104–105; case for human rights, 104–106, 123; comparison between heteronomy and autonomy, 109, 110, 117; comparison with Bentham, 107–108; formula of humanity as an end, 121–23; formula of universal law, 120–21, 134, 137; supreme principle of morality, 116–18; and surrogacy debate, 98; views on freedom, 9, 106, 108–109, 123–24, 242; views on good life, 9, 216, 217, 242; views on justice, 9, 138, 139, 217, 218, 241–42, 243; views on lying, 132–38; views on moral worth, 111–16; views on motive, 111–16; views on reason, 107–108, 118, 119–23; views on sexual morality, 129–32; views on suicide, 122–23; views on utilitarianism, 105, 106–107, 124, 138–39

Kennedy, David M., 86

Kennedy, John F., 244–45, 246, 247, 249

Kennedy, Robert F., 249, 262–63

Kerry, John, 250

Kevorkian, Jack, 72

kidney sales example, 70–72

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 20, 249

Kinsley, Michael, 255–56

Kite, Tom, 206–207

labor market, resource for filling ranks of volunteer army, 78

Le Guin, Ursula K., 40

learning by doing, Aristotle’s view, 197–99

Lee, Robert E., 236–37

Lewinsky, Monica, 135, 136

libertarianism, 58–74; argument against conscription, 79; argument for contracts, 95; argument in favor of volunteer army, 79, 81; assisted suicide example, 72–73, 74; comparison with meritocratic theory of justice, 155; consensual cannibalism example, 73–74; and debate over same-sex marriage, 255; disagreements with, 66–70; and economic

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