Down the Slippery Slope
Arguing in Applied Ethics
1st Edition
Published on 25. February 1988
Book
Hardback
144 pages
978-0-7099-4166-8 (ISBN)
Description
A `slippery slope' argument in medical ethics is one that opposes itself to a new proposal on the grounds that it is not per se intolerable but will lead to a situation that is. Lamb evaluates such arguments, demonstrating their centrality to the subject.
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`It has the one ingredient that I find essential to any new book - the ability to fire enthusiasm. After reading it one is eager to go on in the subject, reading more widely, thinking again about the issues it raises, and perhaps applying some of the principles to one's own practice' - British Medical JournalMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
394 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7099-4166-8 (9780709941668)
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Person
David Lamb
Content
Chapter 1 The Slippery Slope Argument; Chapter 2 It Started from Small Beginnings; Chapter 3 The Sanctity of Life; Chapter 4 The Contagiousness of Killing; Chapter 5 Voluntary Euthanasia; Chapter 6 The Right to Refuse Treatment; Chapter 7 Beneficient Euthanasia; Chapter 8 Cost-Benefit Arguments; Chapter 9 In Vitro Fertilisation, Genetic Engineering, and the Slippery Slope; Chapter 10 Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy and the Slippery Slope; Chapter 11 Conclusion;