Human life, action and ethics essays by G.E.M. Anscombe / edited by Mary Geach and Luke Gormally.

Author/creator Anscombe, G. E. M.
Other author Geach, Mary.
Other author Gormally, Luke.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoExeter, UK ; Charlottesville, VA : Imprint Academic,
Descriptionxxi, 298 p. ; 22 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Ethics.

SeriesSt Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairs ; v. 4
Contents Analytical philosophy and the spirituality of man -- Has mankind one soul : an angel distributed through many bodies? -- Human essence -- Were you a zygote? -- Embryos and final causes -- Knowledge and reverence for human life -- The dignity of the human being -- Chisholm on action -- The causation of action -- Practical inference -- Practical truth -- Does Oxford moral philosophy corrupt youth? -- Modern moral philosophy -- Good and bad human action -- Action, intention and 'double effect' -- The controversy over a new morality -- Must one obey one's conscience? -- Glanville Williams' The sanctity of life and the criminal law : a review -- Who is wronged? : Philippa Foot on double effect -- Prolegomenon to a pursuit of the definition of murder : the illegal and the unlawful -- Murder and the morality of euthanasia -- Commentary on John Harris' 'Ethical problems in the management of severely handicapped children' -- Sins of omission? -- The non-treatment of controls in clinical trials.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2004118304
ISBN1845400135 (cased)
ISBN1845400615
ISBN9781845400613

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