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.
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
The author develops an account of what moral principles are sound, how we can apply them to complex situations, and what makes it reasonable to treat individuals in accordance with particular moral principles. Most such authors state some general principles, but say little about why these principles should be accepted.
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
Ethics.
موضوع مستند نشده
Philosophy (General)
رده بندی کنگره
شماره رده
BJ1031
نشانه اثر
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B963
1996
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )