Umfang:
1 online resource (xxvii, 468 pages)
Ausgabe:
Third edition.
ISBN:
9781315100128
,
9781351585149
Serie:
Sociology re-wired
Inhalt:
chapter 1 A Single Question -- part PART I A Moral System Evolves -- chapter 2 An Exclusionary Movement is Born -- chapter 3 Legal Reform to Eliminate Defectives -- chapter 4 Redrawing the Boundaries of Protected Life -- chapter 5 Crystallizing Events and Ethical Principles -- part PART II The Early Moments and Months of Life -- chapter 6 A Bolt from the Blue: Abortion is Legalized -- chapter 7 Man’s Law or God’s Will -- chapter 8 Inches from Life -- chapter 9 Should the Baby Live? -- part PART III The Boundaries of Tolerable Suffering -- chapter 10 Limits to Tolerable Suffering -- chapter 11 Alleviating Suffering and Protecting Life -- chapter 12 God, Duty, and Life Worth Living -- chapter 13 Assisted Dying -- part PART IV Taking Life and Inflicting Suffering -- chapter 14 Removing the Protective Boundaries of Life -- chapter 15 A Campaign to Stop the Executions -- chapter 16 The Pendulum Swings, the Debate Continues -- chapter 17 Justifying Torture -- chapter 18 Lessons Learned.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781138296237
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781138296244
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781138296237
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
DOI:
10.4324/9781315100128
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