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Killing and saving : abortion, hunger, and war

Author: John P Reeder
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©1996.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Reeder, John P., 1937-
Killing and saving.
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1996
(OCoLC)605249043
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: John P Reeder
ISBN: 0271010282 9780271010281 0271010290 9780271010298 0271024887 9780271024882
OCLC Number: 28374309
Description: viii, 237 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. The Right Not to Be Killed and the Right to Be Saved. Killing and Letting Die. The Right Not to Be Killed and the Right to Be Saved. Thomson on Abortion. The Precedence of the Right Not to Be Killed. Objections and Replies. The Starving: Letting Die and Killing --
2. Yielding and Nothing Is Lost. Yielding. Potholing and Proleptic Yielding. Brigands and Tyrants. Judicial Punishment of the Innocent. Nothing Is Lost. Whom to Kill. Collaboration with Tyranny --
3. The Pursuer. Aiding and Protecting. Voluntary Aggression. Are Soldiers Voluntary Aggressors? Nonvoluntary and Involuntary Pursuit --
4. Double Effect. Donagan's Critique of Double Effect. A Moral Critique. Thomson's Trolley Doctrine. Trolleys and Wars. Problems of Application. Objections. At Least a Prima Facie Right --
5. Absolutism. What Is Absolutism? Supreme Emergency. Objections. Nothing Is Lost and Proleptic Agreement. The Intervening Action. Fiat Justitia, Ruat Caelum.
Responsibility: John P. Reeder, Jr.

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