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Moral status : obligations to persons and other living things / Mary Anne Warren.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Warren, Mary Anne, author.
- Series:
- Issues in biomedical ethics.
- Issues in biomedical ethics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Euthanasia--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Euthanasia.
- Abortion--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Abortion.
- Animal rights.
- Duty.
- Bioethics.
- Morals.
- Abortion, Induced.
- Animal Rights.
- Medical Subjects:
- Bioethics.
- Morals.
- Euthanasia.
- Abortion, Induced.
- Animal Rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.).
- Edition:
- New Edition
- Other Title:
- Obligations to persons and other living things
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- With this volume, Mary Anne Warren argues that no single property will suffice as a sole criterion for having moral status, and puts forward seven basic principles which, in her opinion, establish moral status.
- Contents:
- An Account of Moral Status
- The Concept of Moral Status
- Reverence for Life
- Sentience and the Utilitarian Calculus
- Personhood and Moral Rights
- The Relevance of Relationships
- A Multi-Criterial Analysis of Moral Status
- Selected Applications
- Applying the Principles
- Euthanasia and the Moral Status of Human Beings
- Abortion and Human Rights
- Animal Rights and Human Limitations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-81011-4
- 9786610810116
- OCLC:
- 1027159456
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