| Description |
vii, 237 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Right Not to Be Killed and the Right to Be Saved. Killing and Letting Die. The Right Not to Be Killed and the Right to Be Saved. Thomson on Abortion. The Precedence of the Right Not to Be Killed. Objections and Replies. The Starving: Letting Die and Killing -- 2. Yielding and Nothing Is Lost. Yielding. Potholing and Proleptic Yielding. Brigands and Tyrants. Judicial Punishment of the Innocent. Nothing Is Lost. Whom to Kill. Collaboration with Tyranny -- 3. The Pursuer. Aiding and Protecting. Voluntary Aggression. Are Soldiers Voluntary Aggressors? Nonvoluntary and Involuntary Pursuit -- 4. Double Effect. Donagan's Critique of Double Effect. A Moral Critique. Thomson's Trolley Doctrine. Trolleys and Wars. Problems of Application. Objections. At Least a Prima Facie Right -- 5. Absolutism. What Is Absolutism? Supreme Emergency. Objections. Nothing Is Lost and Proleptic Agreement. The Intervening Action. Fiat Justitia, Ruat Caelum -- Conclusion: A Modest Consensus |
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Appendix: Moral Status |
| Analysis |
Abortion |
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Death |
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Ethics |
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Famine |
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Medical ethics |
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Overseas item |
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Right to die |
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War casualties |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography (pages [204]-227) and index |
| Subject |
Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Euthanasia.
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Life and death, Power over.
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Right to health.
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Assistance in emergencies.
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Right to life.
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| LC no. |
93002510 |
| ISBN |
0271010282 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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0271010290 (paperback) |
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