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RevieVls of Note /!uuH~aHd~ "THE CONTRIBUTORS BRING THE TRADITIONAL TOOLS OF ETIllCS AND POLITICAL PHll.oSOPHY TO BEAR IN A CLEAR AND FORCEFUL WAY ON ISSUES SURROUNDING THE RIGHTS OF HOMO SEXUALS. The case they make •.. is so convincing that anyone reading this would be led to wonder how homophobia can continue to be so prevalent among those members of our society who claim to be rational. ..• Obviously appropriate for courses in gay studies, it could also be used as a primary text in any introductory course in ethics or political philosophy." - David L. Hull, Dressler Professor in the Humanities, Department of Philosophy, Northwestern University "SHOUlD BE READ BY ANYONE WIm MORE TIIAN A PASSING INTEREST IN ETIllCAL ISSUES INVOLVED IN GAY, LESBIAN, AND BISEXUAL LIFE IN THE U.S. TODAY. ... An extremely valuable book for readers who want clear, careful, mostly jargon-free analyses of a number of ethical issues. • • • Contributes to the moral discussion of outing directly pursued in this collection's first section." -Susan C. Hale, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, California State University 9781560230564 Gay ethics controversies in outing, civil rights, and sexual science Size: 212 x 152 Spine size: 20 mm Color pages: Binding: Paperback "PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT LOOK AT ETmCAL ISSUES CENTRAL TO GAY AND LESBIAN ACTIVISM IN TIlE NINETIES. Using a range of ethical theo ries, the authors show how ethical analysis can challenge discriminatory practices and promote gay and lesbian civil rights. Murphy has brought together an impressive variety of essays by phi losophers and legal scholars that clearly illustrates the vital links between ethics, politics, and activism. ... Particularly compelling are discussions of outing and the closet which analyze not only the merits and limits of privacy rights but also the complexities of truth-telling." -Julien S. Murphy, PhD, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Southern Maine Gay Ethics: Controversies in Outing, Civil Rights, and Sexual Science Gay Ethics: Controversiesi n Outing, Civil Rights, and SexualS cience Timothy F. Murphy, PhD Editor Gay Ethics: Controversies in Outing, Civil Rights, and Sexual Science, edited by TIrnolhy F. Mwphy, was simultaneowly issued by The Haworth Press, Inc., under the same title, as a special issue of Journal of Homosexuality, Volume 27, Numbers 3/4, 1994. John P. De Cecco, Editor. i~ ~~o~~~~n~g~up NEW YORK AND LONDON ISBN 1-56023-056-8 First Published by Harrington Park Press, 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580 Transferred to Digital Printing 2010 by Routledge 270 Madison Ave, New York NY 10016 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Harrington Park Press is an Imprint of the Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Bing hamton, Ny 13904-1580 USA_ Gay Ethics: Controversies in Outing, Civil Rights, and Sexual Science has also been published as Journal of Homosexuality, Volume 27, Numbers 3/4, 1994. © 1994 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilm and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gay ethics: Controversies in outing, civil rights, and sexual science / Timothy E Murphy, editor. p. em. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-56024-671-5 (acid-free paper).-ISBN 1-56023-056-8 (pbk. : acid-free paper) I. Homosexuality-Moral and ethical aspects-United States. 2. Coming out (Sexual orienta tionl-United States. 3. Outing (Sexual orientation)-United States. 4. Civil rights-United States. 5. Homosexuality-Physiological aspects. I. Murphy, Timothy E, 1955- HQ76.25.G415 1994 305.9'066<H1c20 94-14155 ClP Publisher's Note The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of this reprint but points out that some imperfections in the original may be apparent. Gay Ethics: Controversies in Outing, Civil Rights, and Sexual Science ABOUT THE EDITOR TimothyF . Murphy holds a doctorate in philosophy from Boston College and is Assistant Professor of Philosophy in the Biomedical Sciences. He teaches in the Medical Humanities Program at the Uni versity of illinois College of Medicine at Chicago. He is the coeditor of both Writing AIDS: Gay Literature, Language, and Analysis (Co lumbia University Press, 1993) and Justice and the Human Genome Project (University of California Press, 1994). He is also the author of Ethics in an Epidemic: AIDS, Morality, and Culture (forthcoming from the University of California Press) and is writing a book on the ethics of sexual reorientation therapy.
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