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How to Respond Better to the Next Pandemic

Allen Buchanan, Cecile Fabre, Paul Tucker

There is no shortage of criticisms of U.S. COVID-19 policy. This book argues that officials at the highest levels lied or deliberately suppressed relevant information, shamelessly over-sold the efficacy of…

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How to Respond Better to the Next Pandemic

Allen Buchanan, Cecile Fabre, Paul Tucker

There is no shortage of criticisms of U.S. COVID-19 policy. This book argues that officials at the highest levels lied or deliberately suppressed relevant information, shamelessly over-sold the efficacy of…

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Our Moral Fate: Evolution and the Escape from Tribalism

Allen Buchanan

A provocative and probing argument showing how human beings can for the first time in history take charge of their moral fate.

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Justice, Legitimacy, and Self-Determination

Allen Buchanan

Offers principled and realistic proposals for how international law should respond to some of the urgent problems, including the justification of humanitarian intervention and secessionist conflicts.

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Ethics, Efficiency and the Market

Allen E. Buchanan

This is a systematic evaluation of the main arguments for and against the market as an instrument of social organization, balancing efficiency and justice. It links the distinctive approaches of…

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Better than Human: The Promise and Perils of Biomedical Enhancement

Allen Buchanan (Duke University)

In Better than Human, noted bioethicist Allen Buchanan grapples with the ethical dilemmas of the medical revolution and biomedical enhancements. One problem, he argues, is that the debate over these…

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Secession and Self-Determination: NOMOS XLV

Around the world secession and self-determination are the key issues that cause strife and instability. This volume provides a comprehensive consideration of the many challenges of law and political philosophy…

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States, Nations and Borders: The Ethics of Making Boundaries

Examines the views of seven prominent ethical traditions on the making and unmaking of boundaries.

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States, Nations and Borders: The Ethics of Making Boundaries

Examines the views of seven prominent ethical traditions on the making and unmaking of boundaries.

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Justice, Legitimacy, and Self-Determination: Moral Foundations for International Law

Allen Buchanan (Professor of Public Policy and Philosophy, Duke University)

This is the most systematic moral theory of international law available. Allen Buchanan offers principled and realistic proposals for how international law should respond to some of today’s most urgent…

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Human Rights, Legitimacy, and the Use of Force

Allen Buchanan (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Duke University)

This volume collects Allen Buchanan’s previously published articles with a focus on ethics and international law, specifically with regard to human rights, the legitimacy of international institutions, and the ethics…

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Beyond Humanity?: The Ethics of Biomedical Enhancement

Allen E. Buchanan (Duke University)

Biotechnologies already on the horizon will enable us to be smarter, have better memories, be stronger and quicker, live longer, be more resistant to diseases, and enjoy richer emotional lives…

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Beyond Humanity?: The Ethics of Biomedical Enhancement

Allen E. Buchanan (Duke University)

Biotechnologies already on the horizon will enable us to be smarter, have better memories, be stronger and quicker, live longer, be more resistant to diseases, and enjoy richer emotional lives…

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In Harm’s Way: Essays in Honor of Joel Feinberg

For several decades the work of Joel Feinberg has been the most influential in legal, political and social philosophy in the English-speaking world. This 1994 volume honours that body of…

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In Harm’s Way: Essays in Honor of Joel Feinberg

For several decades the work of Joel Feinberg has been the most influential in legal, political, and social philosophy in the English-speaking world. This honors that body of work by…

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Justice and Health Care: Selected Essays

Allen Buchanan (James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy, James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy, Duke University)

This book brings together ten influential essays on justice and healthcare, written by a major figure in bioethics and political philosophy. What emerges is a systematic and unified approach to…

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The Heart of Human Rights

Allen Buchanan (James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Law, James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Law, Duke University)

This book is the first in-depth attempt to provide a moral assessment of the heart of the modern human rights enterprise: the system of international legal human rights.

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Institutionalizing the Just War

Allen Buchanan (James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Law, James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Law, Duke University)

Institutionalizing the Just War provides a new approach to theorizing the morality of war and argues that sound moral principles regarding war-making must take into account the fact that the…

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The Heart of Human Rights

Allen Buchanan (James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Law, James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Law, Duke University)

This book is the first in-depth attempt to provide a moral assessment of the heart of the modern human rights enterprise: the system of international legal human rights.

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History of Buchanan County, Iowa, and its People; Volume 2

Harry Church Chappell, Katharyn Joella Allen Chappell

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public…

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Deciding for Others: The Ethics of Surrogate Decision Making

Allen E. Buchanan (University of Arizona),Dan W. Brock (Brown University, Rhode Island)

This book looks at decision-making for incompetents.

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Deciding for Others: The Ethics of Surrogate Decision Making

Allen E. Buchanan (University of Arizona),Dan W. Brock (Brown University, Rhode Island)

This book covers decision-making for incompetents.

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History of Buchanan County, Iowa, and its People; Volume 2

Harry Church Chappell, Katharyn Joella Allen Chappell

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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The Evolution of Moral Progress: A Biocultural Theory

Allen Buchanan (James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy, James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy, Duke University),Russell Powell (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Boston University)

In The Evolution of Moral Progress, Allen Buchanan and Russell Powell resurrect the project of explaining moral progress. They avoid the errors of earlier attempts by drawing on a wide…

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From Chance to Choice: Genetics and Justice

Allen Buchanan (University of Arizona),Dan W. Brock (Brown University, Rhode Island),Norman Daniels (Tufts University, Massachusetts),Daniel Wikler (University of Wisconsin, Madison)

A treatment of the fundamental ethical issues underlying the application of genetic technologies to humans.

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Negotiating Self-Determination

Negotiating Self-Determination takes an in-depth look at what an understanding of conflict analysis can bring to the field of international law and the impact that international legal norms could potentially…

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Negotiating Self-Determination takes an in-depth look at what an understanding of conflict analysis can bring to the field of international law and the impact that international legal norms could potentially…

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Genetica y justicia

Allen Buchanan (University of Arizona),Dan Brock (Brown University, Rhode Island),Norman Daniels (University of Wisconsin, Madison),Dan Wikler (Tufts University, Massachusetts)

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Deciding for Others: The Ethics of Surrogate Decision Making

Allen E. Buchanan (University of Arizona),Dan W. Brock (Brown University, Rhode Island)

This book is the most comprehensive treatment available of one of the most urgent - and yet in some respects most neglected - problems in bioethics: decision-making for incompetents. The…

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The Kindness of Strangers: Philanthropy and Higher Education

Deni Elliott

In The Kindness of Strangers, Deni Elliott examines ethically questionable situations that have arisen in response to institutional dependency on external benefactors.

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From Chance to Choice: Genetics and Justice

Allen Buchanan (University of Arizona),Dan W. Brock (Brown University, Rhode Island),Norman Daniels (Tufts University, Massachusetts),Daniel Wikler (University of Wisconsin, Madison)

This 2000 book was the first systematic treatment of the fundamental ethical issues underlying the application of genetic technologies to human beings. The authors probe the implications of genetic advances…

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