Persons, Animals, and Fetuses An Essay in Practical Ethics
Forrester discusses animal rights, obligations concerning future generations, abortion, limiting medical treatment, and euthanasia. Persons are defined as individuals who ought to be treated in accordance with all sound moral principles. The author develops an account of what moral principles are so...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1996, 1996
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1996 |
| Series: | Philosophical Studies Series
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I: Problems and Persons
- 1: The Central Feature of Personhood
- II: Theory and Justification
- Summary of Part II
- 2: Moral Knowledge
- 3: Outline of a Basic Moral Theory
- 4: The Difficulties of Applying Moral Principles
- 5: Solving Moral Problems
- III: What Makes an Individual a Person
- Summary of Part III
- 6: Who Ought to Get Moral Consideration?
- 7: Reasons for Granting Personhood
- 8: Persons by Nature and Persons by Extension
- IV
- 9: How Animals Ought to be Treated
- 10: Animal Rights
- 11: What do we Owe to Future Generations?
- 12: When Should we Bring New People into the World?
- 13: The Human Fetus: Introduction
- 14: Should Fetuses be Extended Persons?
- 15: Abortion: Objections and Policies
- 16: The End of Personhood and Cessation of Medical Procedures
- 17: Euthanasia
- 18: Summary
- Notes