| Moral Status: Obligations to Persons and Other Living Things Contributor(s): Warren, Mary Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198250401 ISBN-13: 9780198250401 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $69.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2000 Annotation: Mary Anne Warren investigates a theoretical question that is at the center of practical and professional ethics: what are the criteria for having moral status? That is, what does it take to be an entity towards which people have moral considerations? Warren argues that no single property will do as a sole criterion, and puts forward seven basic principles as criteria. She then applies these principles to three controversial moral issues: voluntary euthanasia, abortion, and the moral status of animals. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Medical | Ethics |
| Dewey: 179.7 |
| LCCN: 97007803 |
| Series: Issues in Biomedical Ethics |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.14" W x 8" (0.74 lbs) 274 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic |
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| Publisher Description: Mary Anne Warren investigates a theoretical question that is at the center of practical and professional ethics: what are the criteria for having moral status? That is, what does it take to be an entity towards which people have moral considerations? Warren argues that no single property will do as a sole criterion, and puts forward seven basic principles as criteria. She then applies these principles to three controversial moral issues: voluntary euthanasia, abortion, and the moral status of animals. |
