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Harming Future Persons
Roberts, Melinda A.; Wasserman, David T.
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Description for Harming Future Persons
Paperback. This collection of essays, written by noted scholars and theorists, covers everything from the practical to the theoretical, and investigates the obligations we have to future persons, ranging from our own future offspring to distant future generations. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; LND; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 585.
Melinda A. Roberts and David T. Wasserman 1 Purpose of this Collection What are our obligations with respect to persons who have not yet, and may not ever, come into existence? Few of us believe that we can wrong those whom we leave out of existence altogether—that is, merely possible persons. We may think as well that the directive to be “fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth” 1 does not hold up to close scrutiny. How can it be wrong to decline to bring ever more people into existence? At the same time, we think we are clearly ob- ... Read more
Melinda A. Roberts and David T. Wasserman 1 Purpose of this Collection What are our obligations with respect to persons who have not yet, and may not ever, come into existence? Few of us believe that we can wrong those whom we leave out of existence altogether—that is, merely possible persons. We may think as well that the directive to be “fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth” 1 does not hold up to close scrutiny. How can it be wrong to decline to bring ever more people into existence? At the same time, we think we are clearly ob- ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
Series
International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine
Number of Pages
335
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400726048
SKU
V9789400726048
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Reviews for Harming Future Persons
From the reviews: “This volume is intentionally and wholeheartedly a philosophical book dealing with conceptual analysis (a lot of papers address aspects of ‘harm’), the analysis of ethical judgments, meta-ethical questions (the tension between deontology and consequentialism) and the ontology (or semantics) of future and non-existing persons. … this book is highly recommended for everyone interested in the impact ... Read more