Matters of Life and Death - Softcover

Regan, Tom; Beauchamp, Thomas; Callicott, J. Baird; Rachels, James; Bedau, Hugo Adam; Levenbook, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070513309 ISBN 13: 9780070513303

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 1992

Synopsis

MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH, Third Edition, is a collection of original essays by leading philosophers devoted to the major moral issues of the day, including abortion, euthanasia, the death penalty, famine, war, suicide, the environment, and animal rights.

About this title

Book Description:

Matters of Life and Death, 3/e is a collection of original essays devoted to the major moral issues of the day, including abortion, euthanasia, the death penalty, famine, war, suicide, the environment, and animal rights. The essays are written by moral philosophers who are among the leading thinkers of the world. The previous two editions of this book have been heralded for the clarity and accessibility of the essays, and both editions have enjoyed strong options. The third edition is even better.

About the Author:

Tom Beauchamp is a well known and highly respected ethics professor. In addition to teaching at Georgetown University, he has served as a senior research scholar the Kennedy Instiute for the Study of Human Reproduction and Ethics. He has authored numerous successful texts, including Contemporary Issues in Bioethics (WAdsworth) and Ethical Theory in Business (PH). He was the General Editor with David Norton and M.A. Stewart of The Critical Ediotn of the Works of David Hume (Princeton U Press). He was formerly the Chairman of the Committee on Philosophy and Medicine of the American Philosophical Association and earned his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0070513309
• ISBN 13: 9780070513303
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 416