Torbjorn Tannsjo

Taking Life

Three Theories on the Ethics of Killing

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

When is it right to kill? Three ethical theories are examined, deontology, a moral rights theory, and utilitarianism. The implications of each theory are worked out for different kinds of killing. In the final analysis, utilitarianism can best account for our considered intuitions about these kinds of killing.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 137mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780190225582
• ISBN-10: 0190225580
• Artikelnr.: 47863811

Autorenporträt

Torbjörn Tännsjö is Kristian Claëson Professor of Practical Philosophy at Stockholm University. He has published extensively in moral philosophy, political philosophy, and medical ethics.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Preface
Chapter 1. Method
Chapter 2. Three Bold Conjectures
Chapter 3. The Trolley Cases
Chapter 4. Murder
Chapter 5. Capital Punishment
Chapter 6. Suicide
Chapter 7. Assisted death
Chapter 8. Abortion
Chapter 9. Survival Lotteries
Chapter 10. Killing In War
Chapter 11. The Killing of Animals
Chapter 12. What Are We to Believe?
References
Index