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| Genre/Form: | Aufsatzsammlung |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Peter Singer; Rogers D. Spotswood Collection. |
| ISBN: | 0198750676 9780198750673 0198750854 9780198750857 |
| OCLC Number: | 13820779 |
| Description: | vi, 264 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Death / Thomas Nagel -- Of suicide / David Hume -- Active and passive euthanasia / James Rachels -- A defence of abortion / Judith Jarvis Thomson -- Abortion and infanticide / Michael Tooley -- The survival lottery / John Harris -- Speech in favour of capital punishment (1868) / John Stuart Mill -- Judgement day / Louis Pascal -- 'It makes no difference whether or not I do it' / Jonathan Glover -- Overpopulation and the quality of life / Derek Parfit -- What is wrong with slavery? / R.M. Hare -- Separate spheres / Janet Radcliffe Richards -- All animals are equal / Peter Singer -- Games theory and the nuclear arms race / Nicholas Measor. |
| Series Title: | Oxford readings in philosophy. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Peter Singer. |
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"An impressive line-up. The book is everything it purports to be. For someone who wants a short collection of many of the seminal and influential essays in applied philosophy, one probably can't do better than this."--Teaching Philosophy"Excellent, provocative." --M.B. Montgomery, Drexel University"The students in my introductory course respond enthusiastically to this book."--M.A. Box, Dickinson State University"Excellent collection of some of the world's greatest contributors-past and present-to civilization! I am thoroughly impressed."--Susan B. Dickey, Temple University"One of the best collections of readings both in terms of scope and aptness. Could be used as a foundation text in any course in applied ethics."--Manuel M. Davenport, Texas A&M University Read more...

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