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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aKleinig, John
_eautore
245 1 0 _aValuing Life /
_cJohn Kleinig.
250 _aCourse Book
264 1 _aPrinceton, NJ :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c[2014]
264 4 _c©1991
300 _a1 online resource (306 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 0 _aStudies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy ;
_v1215
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tCONTENTS --
_tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
_tINTRODUCTION --
_tONE. VALUING LIFE --
_tTwo. VALUING LIFE --
_tTHREE. ORGANISMIC LIFE --
_tFOUR. PLANT LIFE --
_tFIVE. ANIMAL LIFE --
_tSIX. HUMAN LIFE --
_tSEVEN. TOWARDS A MORALITY OF LIFE --
_tEIGHT. SOME APPLICATIONS --
_tNotes --
_tBIBLIOGRAPHY --
_tINDEX OF NAMES --
_tINDEX OF SUBJECfS
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aAbortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, war, genetic engineering and fetal experimentation, environmental and animal rights--these topics inspire some of today's most heated public controversies. And it is fashionable to pursue these debates in terms of the negative query "Under what conditions may life be disregarded or terminated?" John Kleinig asks a different, more positive question: What may be said in behalf of life? Looking at the full range of appeals to life's value, he considers a variety of issues. Is livingness as such to be affirmed and respected? Is there an ascending order of plant, animal, and human life? Does human life possess a distinctive claim, or must we discriminate between humans that do and humans that do not have claims on us? Kleinig shows that assertions about valuing life camouflage a complex normative vocabulary about worth, reverence, sanctity, dignity, respect, and rights. And "life," too, is subject to an assortment of understandings. Sensitive to the frameworks informing diverse appeals to life's value, this comprehensive work will interest readers concerned with the environment, animal rights, or bioethics.Originally published in 1991.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)
650 0 _aLife (Biology).
650 0 _aLife.
650 7 _aPHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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