New Essays in Applied Ethics
Animal Rights, Personhood, and the Ethics of Killing
Published on 11. October 2007
Book
Hardback
XI, 272 pages
978-0-230-00650-8 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of new essays aims to address some of the most perplexing issues arising from death and dying, as well as the moral status of persons and animals. Leading scholars, including Peter Singer and Gerald Dworkin, investigate diverse topics such as animal rights, vegetarianism, lethal injection, abortion and euthanasia.
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Edition
2007 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
Illustrations
XI, 272 p.
Dimensions
Height: 221 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
458 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-00650-8 (9780230006508)
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Hon-Lam Li | Anthony Yeung | H. Li
New Essays in Applied Ethics
Animal Rights, Personhood and the Ethics of Killing
Book
10/2007
Palgrave Macmillan
€117.69
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Persons
GERALD DWORKIN Department of Philosophy, University of California Davis, USA
VICKY FRANKS Department of Philosophy, East Tennessee University, USA
STAN VAN HOOFT Department of Philosophy, Deakin University, Australia
JAMES LENMAN Department of Philosophy, University of Sheffield, UK
BRIAN LUKE Researcher
TIBOR MACHAN Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, Auburn University, Alabama, USA
KATE RAWLES Freelance Lecturer, UK
PETER SINGER Department of Philosophy, Princeton University, USA
TORBJORN TANNSJO Professor of Practical Philosophy, Stockholm University, Sweden
JENNIFER TEICHMAN Emeritus Fellow, New Hall, Cambridge University, UK
KAI-YEE WONG Department of Philosophy, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
ANTHONY KWOK-WING YEUNG Department of Philosophy, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Content
Contents Acknowledgements Notes on the contributors Introduction; H.Li PART I: Animal Rights Ethics, Animals and Nature P.Singer Rights, Liberation and Interests: Is there a Sound Case for Animal Rights or Liberation T.R.Machan Towards Quasi-vegetarianism H.Li Chapter 4: Love a Duck! Emotions, Animals and Environmental Ethics K.Rawles Men's Hunting and the Disvalue of Natural Predation B.Luke PART II: Personhood Personhood, Humanity and the Right to Life J.Teichman Abortion and the Potential Person Argument A.K.Yeung Ensoulment, Biotechnology and Moral Worth V.Franks Chapter 9: Death and Dualism S.van Hooft PART III: The Ethics of Killing Terminal Sedation: A Swedish Case Study T.Tännsjö Euthanasia, Intentions, and the Doctrine of Killing and Letting Die K.Wong Patients and Prisoners: The Ethics of Lethal Injection G.Dworkin On Becoming Extinct J.Lenman Index