Matters of life and death : new introductory essays in moral philosophy

Author(s)

• Beauchamp, Tom L.
• Regan, Tom

Bibliographic Information

Matters of life and death : new introductory essays in moral philosophy

Tom L. Beauchamp ... [et al.] ; edited by Tom Regan

McGraw-Hill, c1993

3rd ed

• pbk.

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH, Third Edition, is a collection of original essays by leading philosophers devoted to the major moral issues of the day, including abortion, euthanasia, the death penalty, famine, war, suicide, the environment, and animal rights.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction, Tom Regan.2. Euthanasia, James Rachels.3. Suicide, Tom L. Beauchamp.4. Morality and Violence: War, Revolution, Terrorism, Jan Narveson.5. Capital Punishment, Hugo Bedau.6. Abortion, Joel Feinberg and Barbara Baum Levenbook.7. Ending World Hunger, Onora O'Neill.8. Animals and the Value of Life, Peter Singer.9. The Search for an Environmental Ethic, J. Baird Callicott.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA23398409
• ISBN:
  • 0070513309
• LCCN: 92023158
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 392 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BJ1012
  • DC20 : 179/.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Ethics
  • LCSH : Social ethics
  • LCSH : Life and death, Power over