| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 110 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-108) and index. |
| Contents |
Sacrificing for life : sacrificing for death -- The varieties of moral sentiment -- Abortion : a sacred battle -- War : a sacred battle -- God hates war : the accidental prophecy of Westboro Baptist church -- Hard choices : violence and sacrifice in Toni Morrison's Beloved -- John Brown, bring him down. |
| Summary |
Bodies and Battlefields shows how our attitudes about war and about abortion are united in the idea of sacrifice. This work is intended to instigate a cultural transition toward different moral sentiments about violence. It is an attempt to promote new reflections on important ideas, risking challenges on all sides. It does more than note the hypocrisy of the anti-war people who support abortion. It does more than note the hypocrisy of the anti-abortion people who support war. Its positive goal is to develop new moral sentiments that promote a culture that is open to creative and radical moral revolution that will overturn an ancient cultural residue that makes us believe killing is inevitable. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Abortion -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Violence -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Sacrifice -- United States.
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War -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects |
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Abortion -- Religious aspects -- Christianity |
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Sacrifice |
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Violence -- Religious aspects -- Christianity |
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War -- Moral and ethical aspects |
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq |
| Added Title |
Abortion, war, and the moral sentiments of sacrifice |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 1725271923 9781725271920 (OCoLC)1280463359 |
| ISBN |
9781725271944 (electronic book) |
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172527194X (electronic book) |
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9781725271920 (paperback) |
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1725271923 (paperback) |
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9781725271937 (hardcover) |
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1725271931 (hardcover) |
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