Chapter 1 Politics 1
Focus Reading 1 Conservatism 1
Focus Reading 2 Liberalism,Socialism,Libertarianism 13
Related Reading 1 The Criminalization of Homelessness 24
Related Reading 2 Wrong Way to Help the Homeless 27
Chapter 2 Business 29
Focus Reading 1 The World's Greatest Investor 29
Focus Reading 2 Into the Storm 41
Related Reading 1 Berkshire in 2008 51
Related Reading 2 What the Death of the Investment Bank Means for Wall Street 53
Chapter 3 Law 55
Focus Reading 1 What Is Law? 55
Focus Reading 2 Present Your Case Systematically and Logically 64
Related Reading 1 The Nature and Substance of Crime 77
Related Reading 2 The Main Categories of Civil Law 79
Chapter 4 Biotechnology 85
Focus Reading 1 Fatalist Attraction:The Dubious Case against Fooling Mother Nature 85
Focus Reading 2 The Biotech Century 95
Related Reading 1 All the Reasons to Clone Human Beings 104
Related Reading 2 The Ultimate Therapy:Commercial Eugenics on the Eve of the Biotech Century 109
Chapter 5 Psychology 112
Focus Reading 1 Group Minds 112
Focus Reading 2 The Perils of Obedience 122
Related Reading 1 Review of Stanley Milgram's Experiments on Obedience 134
Related Reading 2 Disbedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem 140
Chapter 6 Media 145
Focus Reading 1 Why We Crave Horror Movies 145
Focus Reading 2 Blowing the Lid off the ID 153
Related Reading 1 The Nightmare World 164
Related Reading 2 Horror Films 167
参考答案 171