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Discomfort and moral impediment : the human situation, radical bioethics and procreation / by Julio Cabrera.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cabrera, Julio, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Suffering.
- Suffering--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Genre:
- Libros electrónicos.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (280 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.
- Summary:
- This book explores the connections between the current situation of human beings in the world and ethics, connecting suffering with morality. The human condition can be described as marked by sensible suffering and moral difficulty. As such, this text discusses the rapports between this sensible and moral discomfort and the two moral requirements of not manipulating and not harming. The issue of procreation also arises within this context, specifically with regards to the conditions for responsible procreation and the moral quality of abstention.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I: Ethics and the Human Situation
- Chapter One
- The Role of Feelings and Sympathy in Ethics
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- Further Remarks on the "Terminality of Being"
- The "Ser/Estar" Distinction in the Structural Argument
- Chapter Four
- The Objection to Human Value as the "Source of Valuations"
- Disorganizing the Structure
- Vicissitudes of the Operation of "giving oneself a value"
- Residual Actions
- What do philosophers really mean by the "intrinsic value" of human life?
- Chapter Five
- Three kinds of Moral Impediment
- Remark: "It was not my intention"
- The Moral Impediment Thesis in Argumentative
- Moral Impediment
- Chapter Six
- On Human "Monstrosities"
- Chapter Seven
- Chapter Eight
- Negative Inviolability
- Disposition towards Death
- Life Minimalism
- Part II: Procreation
- Chapter Nine
- Chapter Ten
- The PROC Thesis
- Interlude
- Chapter Eleven
- From Schopenhauer to Negative Ethics
- Chapter Twelve
- Chapter Thirteen
- Chapter Fourteen
- Being eternally grateful for a valueless being
- Educating
- Regarding Adoption
- Abstention does not work either?
- If we should not procreate for whom do we write our books?
- Hans Jonas searching for the "Good Being"
- Chapter Fifteen
- The Decency Objection
- Chapter Sixteen
- A Negative-ethical Argument against Abortion
- Many Kinds of Abortion
- Other Pathways
- How to be antiabortion in an antinatalist environment?
- Chapter Seventeen
- Starting to Live
- Continuing to Live
- Ending Life
- Concluding Words
- Negative Antinatalism
- Bibliography
- Filmography.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5275-2280-6
- OCLC:
- 1183030635
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