New Essays in Applied Ethics

Animal Rights, Personhood and the Ethics of Killing
2007. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-230-00650-8
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 147 mm x 221 mm, Gewicht: 458 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Li, H.

Yeung, A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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