1. 立场——辩证思维训练：政治议题篇 （第19版）
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Preface xv
Topic Guide xviii
Introduction xix
Issue 1. Does the Tea Party Represent a Revival of America’s Revolutionary Ideals? 1
Issue 2. Is Bigger Government Better Government? 28
Issue 3. Is America Approaching Equality within Society? 51
Issue 4. Is Congress a Dysfunctional Institution? 73
Issue 5. Do Whistleblowers Help Government? 97
Issue 6. Should the United States Be More Restrictive of Gun Ownership? 123
Issue 7. Will the Affordable Care Act Successfully Transform the American Health Care System? 160
Issue 8. Do Corporations Have the Same Free Speech Rights as Persons? 187
Issue 9. Is Warrantless Wiretapping Ever Justified to Protect National Security? 214
Issue 10. Are Entitlement Programs Creating a Culture of Dependency? 240
Contributors to This Volume 263
2. 立场——辩证思维训练：心理学篇 （第18版）
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Preface xv
Topic Guide xvii
Introduction xviii
Issue 1. Is Evolution a Good Explanation for Psychological Concepts? 1
Issue 2. Is Homosexuality Biologically Based? 36
Issue 3. Is American Psychological Research Generalizable to Other Cultures? 66
Issue 4. Are Violent Video Games Harmful to Children and Adolescents? 83
Issue 5. Can Positive Psychology Make Us Happier? 107
Issue 6. Is Emotional Intelligence Valid? 140
Issue 7. Does an Elective Abortion Lead to Negative Psychological Effects? 172
Issue 8. Are Fathers Necessary for Children’s Well-Being? 203
Issue 9. Can Sex Be Addictive? 233
Issue 10. Is Excessive Use of Facebook a Form of Narcissism? 256
Contributors to This Volume 296
3.立场——辩证思维训练：企业伦理篇（第13版）
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Preface
Topic Guide
Introduction
Issue 1. Can Capitalism Lead to Human Happiness?
Issue 2. Is Risk the Best Theory for Capitalism?
Issue 3. Can Ethics Codes Build “True” Corporate Ethics?
Issue 4. Was the Financial Industry Responsible for the Economic Meltdown of 2008?
Issue 5. Does Blowing the Whistle Violate Company Loyalty?
Issue 6. Is Employer Monitoring of Employee Social Media Justified?
Issue 7. Is CEO Compensation Justified by Performance?
Issue 8. Should Advertising Directed at Children Be Restricted?
Issue 9. Should We Require Labeling for Genetically Modified Food?
Issue 10. Should Patenting Genes Be Understood as Unethical?
4. 立场——辩证思维训练：城市研究篇
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Preface xiii
Topic Guide xiii
Introduction xv
Issue 1. Does Neighborhood Gentrification Benefit the Inner-City Poor? 1
Issue 2. Should State Governments Impose Strong Limitations on the Ability of Cities to Use Eminent Domain Powers for Economic Development Purposes? 39
Issue 3. Should Cities Rely on Tax Increment Financing (TIF) as a Primary Tool in Their Efforts to Promote Local Economic Development? 66
Issue 4. Does Broken-Windows Policing Reduce Crime? 95
Issue 5. Did the Government’s Regulation of Lending Institutions Under the Community Reinvestment Act Lead to the Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis? 132
Issue 6. Should U.S. Cities Adopt a System of “Congestion Pricing” to “Tame” Traffic? 165
Issue 7. Should the United States Invest in High-Speed Intercity Rail? 193
Issue 8. Is Urban Sprawl a Sufficiently Important Problem to Merit Government Corrective Action? 230
Issue 9. Do Portland-Style Smart Growth Policies Raise Housing Prices and Hurt Urban Livability? 261
Issue 10. Does New Urbanism Represent a Viable Strategy That Can Transform Suburban Communities? 296
Contributors to This Volume 322
5. 立场——辩证思维训练：性别研究篇 （第6版）
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Preface xix
Topic Guide xxii
Introduction xxiii
Issue 1. Are Women and Men More Similar Than Different? 1
Issue 2. Should Same-Sex Marriage Be Legal? 31
Issue 3. Does Parents’ Sexual Orientation Affect Their Children’s Psychological Outcomes? 64
Issue 4. Are Fathers Necessary for Children’s Well-Being? 97
Issue 5. Do Nice Guys Finish Last? 128
Issue 6. Gender Symmetry: Do Women and Men Commit Equal Levels of Violence Against Intimate Partners? 158
Issue 7. Does Pornography Reduce the Incidence of Rape? 191
Issue 8. Do Men Outperform Women in Mathematics? 208
Issue 9. Is Cyberbullying Related to Gender? 245
Issue 10. Is the Gender Wage Gap Justified? 274
Internet References 305
Contributors to This Volume 308
6. 立场——辩证思维训练：犯罪与犯罪学篇 （第11版）
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Preface xv
Topic Guide xvii
Introduction xviii
Issue 1. Is Crime Beneficial to Society?
Issue 2. Is a Person’s Body Type Clearly Linked to Criminal Behavior?
Issue 3. Is Exposure to Pornography Related to Increased Rates of Rape?
Issue 4. Should It Be a Crime to Download Copyrighted Music from the Internet?
Issue 5. Are Supermax (Control Unit) Prisons an Appropriate Way to Punish Hardened Criminals?
Issue 6. Does Imprisoning Drug Offenders Reduce Crime Rates?
Issue 7. Is Capital Punishment a Bad Public Policy?
Issue 8. Do Strict Gun Control Laws Reduce the Number of Homicides in the United States?
Issue 9. Should It Be Lawful for the Police to Conduct JailHouse Strip Searches of Persons
Arrested for Minor Offenses?
Issue 10. Should an Imprisoned Convict Who Claims Innocence Have a Constitutional Right to
Access the State’s Evidence for DNA Testing?
Contributors to This Volume
7. 立场——辩证思维训练：道德篇 （第14版）
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Preface xv
Topic Guide xvii
Introduction xix
Issue 1. Is Moral Relativism Correct? 1
YES: Torbjon Tansjo?, from “Moral Relativism,” Philosophical Studies (2007)
NO: Louis P. Pojman, from “The Case Against Moral Relativism,” in The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature (Oxford University Press, 2007)
Issue 2. Must Sex Involve Commitment? 37
YES: Steven E. Rhoads, from “Hookup Culture: The High Costs of a Low ‘Price’ for Sex,” Society (December 2012)
NO: Raja Halwani, from “Casual Sex,” in Sex from Plato to Paglia: A Philosophical Encyclopedia (Greenwood Press, 2005)
Issue 3. Is It Morally Right to Prohibit Same-Sex Marriage? 65
YES: Helen M. Alvaré, from “Brief of Amicus Curiae Helen M. Alvaré in Support of Hollingsworth and Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group” in Hollingsworth v. Perry, U.S. v. Windsor, Supreme Court of the United States (January 2013)
NO: David Boonin, from “Same-Sex Marriage and the Argument from Public Disagreement,” Journal of Social Philosophy (Summer 1999)
Issue 4. Should Human Cloning Be Banned? 109
YES: Michael J. Sandel, from “The Ethical Implications of Human Cloning,” Perspectives in Biology and Medicine (Spring 2005)
NO: John A. Robertson, from “Human Cloning and the Challenge of Regulation,” The New England Journal of Medicine ( July 9, 1998)
Issue 5. Should the Death Penalty Be Abolished? 134
YES: Michael Welch, from “The Machinery of Death: Capital Punishment and the Ironies of Social Control,” in Punishment in America: Social Control and the Ironies of Imprisonment (Sage, 1999)
NO: Ernest van den Haag, from “The Death Penalty Once More,” U.C. Davis Law Review (Summer 1985)
Issue 6. Is Torture Ever Justified? 177
YES: Mirko Bagaric and Julie Clarke, from “Not Enough Official Torture in the World? The Circumstances in Which Torture Is Morally Justifiable,” University of San Francisco Law Review (Spring 2005)
NO: Christopher Kutz, from “Torture, Necessity, and Existential Politics,” California Law Review (February 2007)
Issue 7. Is Physician-Assisted Suicide Wrong? 216
YES: Richard Doerflinger, from “Assisted Suicide: Pro-Choice or Anti-Life?” The Hastings Center Report ( January/February 1989)
NO: Anthony Back, Robert Baker, et al., from “Appellate Brief of Amicus Curiae Supporting Respondents in Vacco v. Quill,” WL 709337, Supreme Court of the United States (1996)
Issue 8. Does Morality Require Vegetarianism? 257
YES: Nathan Nobis, from “Vegetarianism and Virtue: Does Consequentialism Demand Too Little?” Social Theory & Practice (January 2002)
NO: Beth K. Haile, from “Virtuous Meat Consumption: A Virtue Ethics Defense of an Omnivorous Way of Life,” Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture (Winter 2013)
Issue 9. Is It Right to Produce Genetically Modified Food? 292
YES: Ronald Bailey, from “Dr. Strangelunch—Or: Why We Should Learn to Stop Worrying and Love Genetically Modified Food,” Reason (January 2001)
NO: Michael W. Fox, from Killer Foods: When Scientists Manipulate Genes, Better Is Not Always Best (Lyons Press, 2004)
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