The Death Of The Ethic Of Life
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The Death of the Ethic of Life
Author | : John Basl |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2019-02-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780190923884 |
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Many subscribe to an Ethic of Life, an ethical perspective on which all living things deserve some level of moral concern. Within philosophy, the Ethic of Life has been clarified, developed, and rigorously defended; yet it has also found its harshest critics. Between biocentrists, those that endorse the Ethic of Life, and those that accept a more restricted view of moral status, the debate has reached a standstill, with few new resources for shifting or complicating it. In The Death of the Ethic of Life, John Basl seeks to end this comfortable stalemate by emphasizing a simple truth: the well-being of non-sentient beings, such as plants, species, and ecosystems, is morally significant only to the extent that it matters to sentient beings. Basl first develops a version of The Ethic of Life that best meets traditional challenges: the Ethic, if it is to survive criticism, must be able to explain how it is that all living things have a welfare or a good of their own. The best hope of offering such an explanation is to ground that welfare in teleology or goal-directedness, and then to ground that goal-directedness in the workings of natural selection. While a naturalistic account of teleology is crucial to defending an Ethic of Life, it is also its downfall. This Ethic ultimately entails that not only are ecosystems and collectives morally considerable, but so, too, are artifacts: everything from can openers to computers. Basl shows that evaluation of the resources for distinguishing artifacts from organisms forces us to abandon, for good, the Ethic of Life. The Death of the Ethic of Life provides not only a new answer to a fundamental question in environmental ethics, but a new way to conceive of fundamental concepts and issues in debates over who or what matters from the moral point of view, with wide-ranging implications in the philosophy of technology and bioethics.
Rethinking Life and Death
Author | : Peter Singer |
Publsiher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 1996-04-15 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0312144016 |
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In a reassessment of the meaning of life and death, a noted philosopher offers a new definition for life that contrasts a world dependent on biological maintenance with one controlled by state-of-the-art medical technology.
Life and Death
Author | : Louis P. Pojman |
Publsiher | : Jones & Bartlett Publishers |
Total Pages | : 664 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : UOM:39015028415316 |
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Matters of Life and Death
Author | : Tom L. Beauchamp |
Publsiher | : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : UOM:39015027478323 |
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A collection of original essays by leading moral philosophers, written specifically for students with no prior background in ethics. Focusing on the major ethical issues of the day, the essays cover problems such as abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, famine, war, suicide, the environment and animal rights.
The Ethics of Killing
Author | : Jeff McMahan |
Publsiher | : Oxford Ethics Series |
Total Pages | : 564 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0195169824 |
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Drawing on philosophical notions of personal identity and the immorality of killing, Jeff McMahan looks at various issues, including abortion, infanticide, the killing of animals, assisted suicide, and euthanasia.
Ethics at the Beginning of Life
Author | : James Mumford |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 229 |
Release | : 2013-06-13 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780199673964 |
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Many declare the debate about abortion to be hopelessly polarised, between conservatives and liberals, between forces religious and secular. In this book Mumford upends this received wisdom and challenges consensus, arguing that many dominant attitudes and argument fail to take into account the particular way human beings 'emerge' in the world.
The Ethics of Death
Author | : Lloyd Steffen,Dennis R. Cooley |
Publsiher | : Fortress Press |
Total Pages | : 359 |
Release | : 2014-07-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781451487572 |
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In The Ethics of Death, the authors, one a philosopher and one a religious studies scholar, undertake an examination of the deaths that we experience as members of a larger moral community. Their respectful and engaging dialogue highlights the complex and challenging issues that surround many deaths in our modern world and helps readers frame thoughtful responses. Unafraid of difficult topics, Steffen and Cooley fully engage suicide, physician assisted suicide, euthanasia, capital punishment, abortion, and war as areas of life where death poses moral challenges.
Life and Death
Author | : Dan W. Brock |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 1993-01-29 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0521428335 |
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Dan Brock explores the moral issues raised by new ideals of shared decision making between physicians and patients.