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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Problems and Persons
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Front Matter
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Theory and Justification
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Front Matter
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What Makes an Individual a Person
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About this book
Persons are defined as individuals who ought to be treated in accordance with all sound moral principles. The author develops an account of what moral principles are sound, how we can apply them to complex situations, and what makes it reasonable to treat individuals in accordance with particular moral principles. This discussion puts the book's practical conclusions on a sounder basis than much other work on practical ethics. Most such authors state some general principles, but say little about why these principles should be accepted. Moreover, they rarely show how general principles can generate answers to specific dilemmas. Some even maintain that general principles are irrelevant.
Since Forrester is both a nurse practitioner and a philosopher, she has had direct acquaintance with many agonizing situations in medicine.
Summaries of the theoretical conclusions are included to enable nonprofessionals to follow the discussion of practical issues. The book will thus interest not only professional philosophers, but also non-philosophers concerned with problems in medical and environmental ethics, abortion, and animal rights.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Persons, Animals, and Fetuses
Book Subtitle: An Essay in Practical Ethics
Authors: Mary Gore Forrester
Series Title: Philosophical Studies Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1633-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1996
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-3918-2Published: 29 February 1996
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7230-4Published: 20 September 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-1633-3Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 0921-8599
Series E-ISSN: 2542-8349
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 302
Topics: Ethics, Philosophy, general