A Companion to Applied Philosophy

<p>Notes on Contributors ix</p>
<p>Foreword xvi</p>
<p>Acknowledgments xix</p>
<p>Part I Introductory Articles 1</p>
<p>1 The Nature of Applied Philosophy 3<br />Kasper Lippert ]Rasmussen</p>
<p>2 The Methodology of Applied Philosophy 18<br />David Archard</p>
<p>3 The Value of Applied Philosophy 34<br />Suzanne Uniacke</p>
<p>Part II Epistemology 49</p>
<p>4 Applied Epistemology 51<br />David Coady</p>
<p>5 Gender and Feminist Epistemology 61<br />Nancy Daukas</p>
<p>6 The Epistemology of Deliberative Democracy 76<br />Fabienne Peter</p>
<p>7 Information Markets 89<br />Kristoffer Ahlstrom ]Vij</p>
<p>8 Epistemology for (Real) People 103<br />Michael Bishop and J.D. Trout</p>
<p>9 Are Conspiracy Theorists Epistemically Vicious? 120<br />Charles R. Pigden</p>
<p>10 Experts in the Climate Change Debate 133<br />Ben Almassi</p>
<p>11 Freedom of Expression, Diversity, and Truth 147<br />Klemens Kappel, Bj&oslash;rn Hallsson, and Emil F.L. M&oslash;ller</p>
<p>Part III Metaphysics and Philosophy of Language 163</p>
<p>12 Applied Metaphysics 165<br />Katherine Hawley</p>
<p>13 Applied Philosophy of Language 180<br />Emma Borg</p>
<p>14 Social Ontology and War 196<br />Seumas Miller</p>
<p>15 The Metaphysics of Gender 211<br />Natalie Stoljar</p>
<p>16 The Existence of the Dead 224<br />Steven Luper</p>
<p>17 Freedom of Expression and Derogatory Words 236<br />Caroline West</p>
<p>Part IV Ethics 253</p>
<p>18 Applied Moral Philosophy 255<br />Richard Arneson</p>
<p>19 Neuroethics and Responsibility 270<br />Neil Levy</p>
<p>20 Non ]ideal Theory 284<br />Zofia Stemplowska</p>
<p>21 Death: Badness and Prudential Reasons 297<br />Jens Johansson</p>
<p>Part V Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Law 311</p>
<p>22 Applied Political and Legal Philosophy 313<br />Michelle Madden Dempsey and Matthew Lister</p>
<p>23 Legal Human Rights Theory 328<br />Samantha Besson</p>
<p>24 Collectivism and Reductivism in the Ethics of War 342<br />Helen Frowe</p>
<p>25 Freedom of Association 356<br />Kimberley Brownlee</p>
<p>26 Neuroethics and Criminal Justice 370<br />Jesper Ryberg and Thomas S&oslash;birk Petersen</p>
<p>27 Deliberative Democracy 383<br />Thomas Christiano and Sameer Bajaj</p>
<p>28 Tax Ethics: Political and Individual 397<br />Geoffrey Brennan and George Tsai</p>
<p>29 Benefiting from Wrongdoing 411<br />Avia Pasternak</p>
<p>30 Freedom of Religion and Expression 424<br />Larry Alexander</p>
<p>Part VI Philosophy of Science 439</p>
<p>31 Applied Philosophy of Social Science: The Case of the Social Construction of Race 441<br />Isaac Wiegman and Ron Mallon</p>
<p>32 Social Constructivism in Social Science and Science Wars 455<br />Finn Collin</p>
<p>33 Did Climate Change Cause That? 469<br />Richard Corry</p>
<p>Part VII Aesthetics 485</p>
<p>34 Applied Aesthetics 487<br />David Davies</p>
<p>35 Thought Experiments in Aesthetics 501<br />Paisley Livingston and Mikael Pettersson</p>
<p>36 Aesthetic Value, Artistic Value, and Morality 514<br />Andrea Sauchelli</p>
<p>37 The Applied Philosophy of Humor 527<br />No&euml;l Carroll</p>
<p>Part VIII Philosophy of Religion 539</p>
<p>38 Applied Philosophy of Religion 541<br />C.A.J. Coady</p>
<p>39 Thinking about Reported Miracles 555<br />Timothy Mcgrew</p>
<p>40 Religion and Neuroscience 567<br />Monima Chadha</p>
<p>Part IX History of Applied Philosophy 583</p>
<p>41 Ancient Applied Philosophy 585<br />Chris Megone</p>
<p>42 Modern Applied Philosophy: Kant on Theory and Practice 599<br />Allen Wood</p>
<p>Index 612</p>