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Taking life : three theories on the ethics of killing / Torbjorn Tannsjo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tännsjö, Torbjörn, 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Life and death, Power over.
- Justification (Ethics).
- Bioethics.
- Capital punishment.
- Bioethical Issues.
- Ethical Theory.
- Capital Punishment.
- Right to Die--ethics.
- Suicide, Assisted--ethics.
- Euthanasia--ethics.
- Abortion, Induced--ethics.
- Medical Subjects:
- Bioethical Issues.
- Ethical Theory.
- Capital Punishment.
- Right to Die--ethics.
- Suicide, Assisted--ethics.
- Euthanasia--ethics.
- Abortion, Induced--ethics.
- Bioethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 309 pages)
- Other Title:
- Three theories on the ethics of killing
- 3 theories on the ethics of killing
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- When and why is it all right to kill? When and why is it wrong? Three theories on the ethics of killing are critically examined in the book: deontology, a libertarian moral rights theory, and utilitarianism. The implications of each theory are worked out for different kinds of killing in chapters on murder, capital punishment, suicide, assisted death, abortion, survival lotteries, killing in war, and the killing of animals.
- Contents:
- Method
- Bold conjectures
- The trolley cases
- Murder
- Capital punishment
- Suicide
- Assisted death
- Abortion
- Survival lotteries
- Killing in war
- The killing of animals
- What are we to believe?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 26, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-022560-2
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