| Description |
xv, 208 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The death penalty -- Animal rights: sentience as significant -- World hunger and population -- War |
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Welcome to moral philosophy: a word to the student -- Introduction: "Doctor Death's" suicide machine -- What is ethics? -- Ethical relativism -- Egoism, self-love, and altruism -- Classical ethical theories. Utilitarianism. Deontological ethics -- The sanctity of life versus the quality of life -- Death and dying -- Suicide -- Euthanasia -- What is death? The crisis of criteria. Interlude: the slippery slope -- Abortion: the greatest moral problem of our generation -- Cloning |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-204) and index |
| Subject |
Death -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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| Author |
Pojman, Louis P.
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| LC no. |
99010720 |
| ISBN |
0534508243 (alk. paper) |
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