ISBN:
9781402041051
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
,
v.: digital
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Law and Philosophy Library 74
DDC:
170
Keywords:
Ethics
;
Philosophy of Law
;
Philosophy (General)
;
medicine Philosophy
;
Technology Philosophy
;
Political science Philosophy
;
Angewandte Ethik
;
Dilemma
;
Recht
Abstract:
OVADIA EZRA
Abstract:
Aims to supply ways of thinking of, and dealing with, the ins and outs of ethical argument. Applied ethics is that intellectual locale where theory meets praxis. This book is designed to make that meeting point explicit, by presenting a series of issues in philosophical formulations
Description / Table of Contents:
CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Preface; A. INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND PUBLIC DUTIES; 1. Privacy and the Public Sphere; 2. The Obligation of the State toward Individuals; 3. Public Security vs. the Right to "Be Let Alone"; 4. Freedom of Expression in Academia and the Media; B. MEDICAL ETHICS; 5. Mercy Death or Killing; 6. Donating or Selling Organs; 7. Genetic Engineering and Reproduction; C. PARENTHOOD AND THE FAMILY; 8. Rights of Relatives and Generations; 9. Procreation after Death; 10. Babies as Commodities; D. PUNISHMENT; 11. Punishment of Sex Offenders; 12. Punishment and Domestic Violence
Description / Table of Contents:
13. Capital Punishment and the Mentally RetardedIndex
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1007/1-4020-4105-5
URL:
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