| Description |
1 online resource (265 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Issues in biomedical ethics
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Issues in biomedical ethics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-253) and index. |
| Contents |
An Account of Moral Status -- Concept of Moral Status -- Reverence for Life -- Sentience and the Utilitarian Calculus -- Personhood and Moral Rights -- Relevance of Relationships -- A Multi-Criterial Analysis of Moral Status -- Selected Applications -- Applying the Principles -- Euthanasia and the Moral Status of Human Beings -- Abortion and Human Rights -- Animal Rights and Human Limitations. |
| Summary |
With this volume, Mary Anne Warren argues that no single property will suffice as a sole criterion for having moral status, and puts forward seven basic principles which, in her opinion, establish moral status. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Euthanasia -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Euthanasia -- 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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Animal rights.
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Animal rights. |
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Duty.
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Duty. |
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Bioethics. |
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Morals. |
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Euthanasia. |
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Abortion, Induced. |
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Animal Rights. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Warren, Mary Anne. Moral status. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1997 0198236689 (DLC) 97007803 (OCoLC)36520988 |
| ISBN |
9780191588150 (electronic book) |
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0191588156 (electronic book) |
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058513653X (electronic book) |
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9780585136530 (electronic book) |
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9780191681295 (ebook) |
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0191681296 (ebook) |
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0198236689 (alkaline paper) |
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