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Book Title
Life and Death : A Reader in Moral Problems Paperback Louis P. Po
ISBN
9780534508258

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Wadsworth
ISBN-10
0534508251
ISBN-13
9780534508258
eBay Product ID (ePID)
291945

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
592 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Life and Death : a Reader in Moral Problems
Publication Year
1999
Subject
Death & Dying, General, Teaching Methods & Materials / General
Features
Revised
Type
Textbook
Author
Louis P. Pojman
Subject Area
Philosophy, Social Science, Education
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
32.1 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
7.3 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number
2
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
98-055383
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
179.7
Edition Description
Revised edition
Table Of Content
Preface. I. ETHICAL THEORIES. A. Classical Theories. 1. Immanual Kant: Deontological Ethics. 2. John Stuart Mill: Utilitarianism. 3. Thomas Hobbes: Contractual Ethics. B. Relativism and Objectivism. 4. Herodotus: Custom is King. 5. Ruth Benedict: A Defense of Ethical Relativism. 6. Louis P. Pojman: A Defense of Ethical Objectivism. II. THE SANCTITY OF LIFE AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE. 7. The Bible: Genesis and Psalm 8: The Devine Creation of Humanity. 8. Albert Schweitzer: Reverence for Life. 9. Jonathan Glover: Against the Sanctity of Life Doctrine. 10. H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr.: The Sanctity of Life and the Concept of a Person. 11. Daniel Callahan: The Sanctity of Life Principle: The New Consensus. III. DEATH AND THE MEANING OF LIFE. 12. Plato: Death and Immortality. 13. Epicurus: Death is Nothing to Us. 14. Richard Taylor: Does Life Have a Meaning? 15. Lois Hope Walker: Religion and the Meaning of Life and Death. 16. Jeffrie Murphy: Rationality and the Fear of Death. 17. Prasannatma Das: A Hindu Theory of Life and Death. IV. SUICIDE. 18. Thomas Aquinas: Suicide is Unnatural and Immoral. 19. David Hume: On the Naturalness of Suicide. 20. Albert Camus: Life is Absurd. 21. Richard Brandt: On the Morality and Rationality of Suicide. 22. Margaret Pabst Battin: Suicide: A Fundamental Right? V. EUTHANASIA. 23. Yale Kamisar: Against Legalizing Euthanasia. 24. Glanville Williams: For Legalizing Euthanasia: A Rejoinder. 25. James Rachels: Active and Passive Euthanasia. 26. Thomas Sullivan: Active and Passive Euthanasia: An Impertinent Distinction? 27. The Oregon Law on the Right to Die.VI. WHAT IS DEATH? THE CRISIS OF CRITERIA. 28. Robert M. Veatch: Defining Death Anew. 29. David Mayo and Daniel Wikler: Euthanasia and the Transition from Life to Death. VII. ABORTION. 30. John Noonan: Abortion Is Morally Wrong. 31. Judith Jarvis Thomson: A Defense of Abortion. 32. Baruch Brody: Against an Absolute Right to Abortion. 33. Mary Anne Warren: The Personhood Argument in Favor of Abortion. 34. Harry J. Gensler: The Golden Rule Argument Against Abortion. 35. Don Marquis: Why Abortion is Immoral. 36. Gerald H. Paske: Abortion and the Neo-Natal Right to Life: A Critique of Marquis' Futurist Argument. VIII. HUMAN CLONING. 37. Leon Kass: The Wisdom of Repugnance. 38. National Bioethics Advisory Board: Against Cloning Human Beings. 39. Richard Lewontin: The Confusion over Cloning. 40. Gregory E. Pence: Will Cloning Harm People? IX. DEATH PENALTY. 41. Immanual Kant: Retributivism: The Right to Capital Punishment. 42. Thurgood Marshall: The Death Penalty is a Denial of Human Dignity. 43. Burton Leiser: A Retributivist Justification of the Death Penalty. 44. Hugo Adam Bedau: Against Retributive Justification of the Death Penalty. 45. Sidney Hook: The Death Sentence: Limited Use. 46. Ernest van den Haag and Louis Schwartz: The Death Penalty: Pro and Con. X. ANIMAL RIGHTS. 47. Immanuel Kant: We Only Have Indirect Duties to Animals. 48. Peter Singer: All Animals are Equal. 49. R.G. Frey: A Utilitarian Critique of Animal Rights. 50. Tom Regan: The Radical Egalitarian Case for Animal Rights. 51. Robert White: The Case for Animal Experimentation. 52. Tom Regan: The Case Against Animal Experimentation. 53. Mary Anne Warren: Difficulties with the Strong Animal Rights Position. 54. Carl Cohen: The Case Against Animal Rights. 55. James Rachels: Vegetarianism and "The Other Weight Problem". XI. WAR. Introduction. 56. Robert Phillips: Just War Theory. 57. Jan Narveson: A Critique of Pacifism. 58. Cheyney Ryan: A Defense of Pacifism. 59. The U.S. Catholic Bishops: Against the Use of Nuclear Weapons. 60. Charles Krauthammer: On Nuclear Morality. 61. Douglas Lackey: Missiles and Morals. 62. William James: The Moral Equivalent of War. XII. WORLD HUNGER. 63. Garrett Hardin: Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor. 64. William Murdoch and Allen Oaten: Population and Food: Metaphors and the Reality. 65. Peter Singer: Famine, Affluence and Morality
Synopsis
This anthology examines 11 key issues dealing with the beginning and end of life, and presents a balanced set of 67 classic and contemporary readings on each of them. It is unique in its coverage of applied ethics, medical topics, and broad theoretical considerations of issues of life and death-the sanctity of life versus the quality of life, and the meaning of life and death. The section on Ethical Theory covers the classic theories as well as ethical relativism to orient students to the nature and importance of ethics. The section on the sanctity of life versus the quality of life examines a vital but often neglected issue in moral philosophy. Introductions and study questions accompany each major reading., This anthology examines 11 key issues dealing with the beginning and end of life, and presents a balanced set of 67 classic and contemporary readings on each of them. It is unique in its coverage of applied ethics, medical topics, and broad theoretical considerations of issues of life and death'the sanctity of life versus the quality of life, and the meaning of life and death. The section on Ethical Theory covers the classic theories as well as ethical relativism to orient students to the nature and importance of ethics. The section on the sanctity of life versus the quality of life examines a vital but often neglected issue in moral philosophy. Introductions and study questions accompany each major reading.
LC Classification Number
BJ1012.L52 2000

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