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Consistently opposing killing : from abortion to assisted suicide, the death penalty, and war
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Consistently opposing killing : from abortion to assisted suicide, the death penalty, and war

Author: Rachel MacNair; Stephen Zunes
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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From the Publisher: This work explains an increasingly popular view dubbed the Consistent Life Ethic, which holds that all life deserves reverence, so all social support for actions that destroy life should be withdrawn. The call is for opposition to abortion, capital punishment, euthanasia and other forms of killing to be consistent. Supporters of this view, shared widely in these pages, include figures from the  Read more...
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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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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  Read more...

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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 Read more...

 
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