{"product_id":"applied-ethics-9780631219057","title":"Applied Ethics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApplied Ethics focuses the central concepts of traditional morality - rights, justice, the good, virtue, and the fundamental value of human life - on a number of pressing contemporary problems, including abortion, euthanasia, animals, capital punishment, and war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The best accessible guide to “just war” theory, and the whole Aquinas approach to philosophy, is \u003ci\u003eApplied Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e by David S. Oderberg, published by Blackwell.\" \u003ci\u003eMichael Gove, The Times, September 26, 2001\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"It is a robust and uncompromising defence of traditional values.\" Stuart Reid, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator, 25th November 2000\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Not the least merit of Oderberg's treatment of [the themes in \u003ci\u003eApplied Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e] is attention to the detail of realistic cases. This is casuistry in the true sense, designed to reveal and develop the lineaments of our actual moral thinking...\" \u003ci\u003eAnthony O'Hear, Salisbury Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Oderberg's discussion of [the] issues is rich and thought provoking. [The] work is, even for non-believers, an important and engaging statement of non-consequentialist moral theory\" \u003ci\u003eKaspar Lippert-Rasmussen, The Philosophical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003evol. 51, no. 204, July 2001\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"...very carefully written work that contributes to the diversification of literature available for bioethical formation and which intervenes critically in the ongoing bioethical debate in western societies.\" \u003ci\u003eMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy, Vol. 6, 2003\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Abortion:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Problem of Abortion Today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Basic Argument and Some Responses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Sentience: A Bad Argument Against Abortion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. A Return to the Basic Argument.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObjection from Brain Activity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObjection from Sorites Paradoxes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObjection from Begging the Question.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObjection from Sperm and Egg.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObjection from Fission and Totipotency.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObjection from Cloning and Parthenogenesis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. A Feminist Argument for Abortion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Foetus, the Person and the Person.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Abortion, the Law and the Public Good - a Concluding Note.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'I Personally Disapprove of Abortion But Would Not Impose my Opinion on Other People.'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'It is Not the Business of the Law to Interfere with Such a Difficult Decision.'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 'Backstreet' Objection.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Euthanasia:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Varieties of Euthanasia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Voluntary Euthanasia and Autonomy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Non-Voluntary Euthanasia and 'Quality of Life'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Active and Passive Euthanasia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Ordinary and Extraordinary Means.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Euthanasia, Death and 'Brain Death'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Euthanasia and Nazism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Animals:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. The Problem.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. The Conditions for Rights - What They Are Not.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeliefs and Desires.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelf-Consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAction in Pursuit of Desires and Goals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. The Conditions for Rights - What They Are.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKnowledge of Purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFree Will.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Two Dilemmas for the View that Animals Have Rights.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. So How Should we Treat Animals?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Capital Punishment:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. A Conflict?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. Punishment - General Principles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. Capital Punishment - the Argument.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. Objections.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat if an Innocent Person is Executed?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCapital Punishment is Irreversible.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCapital Punishment is not a Deterrent.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCapital Punishment is Just State-Sanctioned Murder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCapital Punishment is Cruel and Inhuman.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat about Mercy and Compassion?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCapital Punishment Fails to Respect Persons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. Concluding Remarks on Hypocrisy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: War:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. Some Questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. War, Pacifism and Self-Defence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelf-Defence - Basic Principles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. Going to War.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBasic Principles of the Just War.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJust Cause.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestions about the Justice of the Cause.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConduct During War.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30. Globalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes and Further Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403432337751,"sku":"9780631219057","price":36.05,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631219057.jpg?v=1730483457","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/applied-ethics-9780631219057","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}