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| Genre/Form: | Aufsatzsammlung |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Consistently opposing killing. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008 (OCoLC)607776634 Online version: Consistently opposing killing. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008 (OCoLC)609026856 |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Rachel MacNair; Stephen Zunes |
| ISBN: | 9780313352782 031335278X |
| OCLC Number: | 181827413 |
| Description: | iv, 204 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction : the power of being consistent / Rachel M. MacNair -- Connected violence : Word games take lives / William Brennan -- The left has betrayed the sanctity of life : consistency demands concern for the unborn / Mary Meehan -- The indivisibilty of life and the slippery slope / Nat Hentoff -- Israel / Palestine and abortion / Stephen Zunes -- Understanding how killing traumatizes the killer / Rachel M. MacNair -- Abortion and the feminization of poverty / Thomas W. Strahan -- The direct killing of racism and poverty / Excerpts from various sources -- When bigotry turns disabilities deadly / Excerpts from various sources -- Right to life of humans and animals / Vasu Murti -- Does the seamless garment fit? American public opinion / Edith Bogue -- Perceptions of connections / Rachel M. MacNair. Connected solutions : Activists reminisce : an oral history of pro-lifers for survival / Taped interview -- Activism throughout the centuries / Mary Krane Derr -- Changing hearts and minds / Mary Meehan -- The law's role in the consistent life ethic / Carol Crossed -- Pro-life politics : from counter-movement to transforming movement / James R. Kelly -- Connecting the dots, nonviolently / Michael N. Nagler -- People power and regime change : how nonviolence spreads democracy / Stephen Zunes -- Conflict transformation : dissolving "battle lines" / Rachel M. MacNair. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Rachel M. MacNair and Stephen Zunes. |
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Abstract:
Millions of people claim to be "pro-lifers," opposing such socially-sanctioned killing as abortion and euthanasia, yet they support - or at least do not oppose - the death penalty, unjust war and other forms of what might flatly be called murder. This work explains a view dubbed the Consistent Life Ethic.
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"The societal wounds of racism, poverty, and a penchant for using violence to address problems are intimately connected to the death penalty, to war, to the killing of the old and demented, and to the killing of children, unborn and born. If more people were familiar with the consistent life ethic, as expounded in this book, then the voice of all unseen vulnerable people would be better heard."-Sister Helen Prejean, Author of Dead Man Walking Read more...
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