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Human Lives
. Ed(S): Laing, Jacqueline A.; Oderberg, David S.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Laing, Jacqueline A.; Oderberg, David S. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; PDA; PSAD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
Human Lives: Critical Essays on Consequentialist Bioethics is a collection of original papers by philosophers from Britain, the USA and Australia. The aim of the book is to redress the imbalance in moral philosophy created by the dominance of consequentialism, the view that the criterion of morality is the maximization of good effects over bad, without regard for basic right or wrong. This approach has become the orthodoxy over the last few decades, particularly in the field of bioethics, where moral theory is applied to matters of life and death. The essays in Human Lives critically examine the assumptions and ... Read more
Human Lives: Critical Essays on Consequentialist Bioethics is a collection of original papers by philosophers from Britain, the USA and Australia. The aim of the book is to redress the imbalance in moral philosophy created by the dominance of consequentialism, the view that the criterion of morality is the maximization of good effects over bad, without regard for basic right or wrong. This approach has become the orthodoxy over the last few decades, particularly in the field of bioethics, where moral theory is applied to matters of life and death. The essays in Human Lives critically examine the assumptions and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349251001
SKU
V9781349251001
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99-15
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