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The study of censorship is important not because we are shocked by the contents of a book or because a complaint about a work offends our sensibilities, but rather because this conflict between powerful opposing forces in society can threaten its foundations and ideals.

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This book provides a detailed introduction to the cloning of both plants and animals and discusses the important social, ethical, political, technical, and other issues related to the practice.

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Presented in three parts, this book explores what's alluring and what's revolting in cunning. It draws on a range of sources: tales of Odysseus; texts from Machiavelli; pamphlets from early modern England; salesmen's newsletters; Christian apologetics; sermons; philosophical treatises; famous, infamous, and obscure historical cases; and more.

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Providing a thorough, well-researched investigation of the socio-legal issues surrounding medically assisted death for the past century, this book traces the origins of the controversy and discusses the future of policymaking in this arena domestically and abroad.

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This book examines legal responses to euthanasia and whether legal reform is an appropriate response to calls for it to be more readily available.

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It started very small and full of hope. But its daring campaigns have placed Fairtrade goods at the heart of the supermarket shelves. From bananas and coffee beans to cotton and chocolate, Fairtrade has grown to become an important global movement that has revolutionised the way we shop.

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Despite the end of the Cold War, America's national security apparatus for controlling information has remained in place. This text covers the full history of America's struggle for free expression as well as the contemporary dynamics represented by "pop" figures like Frank Zappa.

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This sociological analysis of how we "play the morality game" sheds light on the informal rules governing our moral decisions.

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In this lively, witty and important book, Julian Lee takes the ethical temperature of Australia. Along the way he takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the main stakeholders in the drive for better living in this country, from organic farmers and fast-food franchises to ethical investors and fair-trade gurus.

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This cogent analysis of the human costs of society's accelerated pace proposes daring solutions - and picks up where Alvin Toffler's Future Shock left off.

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Argues that rhetoric about the moral corruption of children speaks to an ongoing parental concern: that children will fail to replicate or exceed their parents' social position. This book argues that the rhetoric of morality is more than symbolic and goes beyond efforts to control mass behavior.

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This handbook discusses 33 nations in terms of abortion's legal status, development of the policy, availability of contraception and abortion services, abortion rates, fertility trends, and the demographic/socioeconomic profiles of affected women.

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A history and analysis of gambling in the United States from bingo to state lotteries to Indian gaming and the rise of Las Vegas, this book reveals how we have become a nation of gamblers and what the future holds for the gambling industry.

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Why would a country strongly influenced by Buddhism's reverence for life allow legalized, widely used abortion This title examines abortion as a window on the culture and ethics of Japan.

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Presents the tales of young girls falling pregnant out of wedlock, and covers the different viewpoints and experiences from which the stories come.

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This condition has been recognized by ordinary citizens in the soaring crime rates, illegitimate births, neglect of the public good and increase in special and individual interests, preference for fame, fortune and power, gross immoral acts by public figures, and fascination of the media and the audience with spectacles of evil.