Matters of Life and Death: New Introductory Essays in Moral Philosophy - Softcover

Beauchamp, Tom L.

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9780394342979: Matters of Life and Death: New Introductory Essays in Moral Philosophy

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ISBN 10: 0394342976 ISBN 13: 9780394342979

Publisher: Random House USA Inc, 1988

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Essays raise and discuss moral questions concerning euthanasia, suicide, war, capital punishment, abortion, famine relief, and the environment

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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.

James Rachels is University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama at Birminghamand is widely respected in the field of moral philosophy. He is also the author of THE END OF LIFE: Euthanasia and Morality and CREATED FROM ANIMALS: The Moral Implications of Darwinism.

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