Many subscribe to an Ethic of Life, an ethical perspective on which all living things are deserving of some level of moral concern. Within philosophy, the Ethic of Life has been clarified, developed, and rigorously defended; it has also found its strongest critics. Currently, the debate is at a standstill. This book ends this stalemate by proving that the Ethic of Life must be abandoned.
Many subscribe to an Ethic of Life, an ethical perspective on which all living things are deserving of some level of moral concern. Within philosophy, the Ethic of Life has been clarified, developed, and rigorously defended; it has also found its strongest critics. Currently, the debate is at a standstill. This book ends this stalemate by proving that the Ethic of Life must be abandoned.
John Basl is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Northeastern University. He works in normative philosophy and applied ethics, with emphasis on the ethical and epistemological challenges raised by emerging technologies. He is the co-editor of Designer Biology: The Ethics of Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems (Lexington Books, 2013).
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Preface Chapter 1: Biocentrism Chapter 2: Challenges to Biocentrism Chapter 3: The Etiological Account of Teleological Welfare Chapter 4: The Strategy of Exclusion and the Problem of Collectives Chapter 5: The Strategy of Exclusion and the Problem of Artifacts Chapter 6: The Moral Irrelevance of Biological Welfare Chapter 7: Conclusion
Preface Chapter 1: Biocentrism Chapter 2: Challenges to Biocentrism Chapter 3: The Etiological Account of Teleological Welfare Chapter 4: The Strategy of Exclusion and the Problem of Collectives Chapter 5: The Strategy of Exclusion and the Problem of Artifacts Chapter 6: The Moral Irrelevance of Biological Welfare Chapter 7: Conclusion
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