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Rethinking Life and Death: The Collapse of Our Traditional Ethics
Contributor(s): Singer, Peter (Author)
ISBN: 0312144016     ISBN-13: 9780312144012
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
OUR PRICE:   $17.99  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: April 1996
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Annotation: Can killing an embryo for genetic reasons be justified? How long should we prolong the lives of people in vegetative states? Does a person who is clinically brain dead still have legal rights? In this 1995 Australian National Book Award winner, philosopher Peter Singer explores these and other questions in a major reexamination of the meaning of life and death--under the spotlight of 21st-century technology.
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BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Ethics
- Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy
Dewey: 174.2
LCCN: 96003653
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.85 lbs) 272 pages
 
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The new commandments according to Rethinking Life and Death.
--If you must take human life, take responsibility for the consequences of your decisions.
--All human life is not of equal worth; treat beings in accordance to the ethical situation at hand.
--Respect a person's desire to live or die.
A profound and provocative work, Rethinking Life and Death, in the tradition of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, examines the ethical dilemmas that confront us as we near the twenty-first century.

Contributor Bio(s): Singer, Peter: -

Peter Singer, the renowned philosopher and bioethicist, is the author of Animal Liberation, the classic work that helped launch the modern Animal Rights movement. He teaches at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.