Taking life: three theories on the ethics of killing

When and why is it all right to kill? When and why is it wrong? Three theories on the ethics of killing are critically examined in the book: deontology, a libertarian moral rights theory, and utilitarianism. The implications of each theory are worked out for different kinds of killing in chapters on...

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Main Author: Tännsjö, Torbjörn 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2015
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:When and why is it all right to kill? When and why is it wrong? Three theories on the ethics of killing are critically examined in the book: deontology, a libertarian moral rights theory, and utilitarianism. The implications of each theory are worked out for different kinds of killing in chapters on murder, capital punishment, suicide, assisted death, abortion, survival lotteries, killing in war, and the killing of animals
ISBN:9780190225605
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190225575.001.0001