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050 00 $aR724$b.S55 1996
055 4 $aR724$bS56
060 4 $aW 50$bS617r 1996
082 00 $a174/.2$220
049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aSinger, Peter,$d1946-
245 10 $aRethinking life and death :$bthe collapse of our traditional ethics /$cPeter Singer.
260 $aNew York :$bSt. Martin's Griffin,$c1996.
300 $a256 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aPreviously published: New York : St. Martin's, 1995.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 238-246) and index.
505 0 $apt. I. Doubtful endings. 1. Birth after death : An American story ; A German story ; Our choice -- 2. How death was redefined : Pink, supple ... and dead ; 'The burden is great' ; The Harvard committee on the determination of death ; A revolution with opposition ; Brain death: who believes it? ; An unstable compromise -- 3. Dr. Shann's dilemma : Two babies ; Breathing but dead? ; The case for a higher brain definition of death ; Against brain death ; A way forward? -- 4. Tony Bland and the sanctity of human life : Fine phrases ; Tony Bland's tragedy ; Deciding on the basis of quality of life ; Lawfully intending to end innocent human life ; Discarding a fig leaf ; Beyond the sanctity of human life ; Acts and omissions -- pt. II. Crumbling at the edges. 5. Uncertain beginnings : Peggy Stinson's puzzle ; The unavoidable issue ; The era of legal abortion ; New reproductive technology and the abortion debate ; Unlocking the abortion deadlock -- 6. Making quality of life judgments : How the Reagan administration chose a quality of life ethic ; Treating to die ; Selective non-treatment and infanticide -- ch. 7. Asking for death : The problem ; The solution? ; How voluntary euthanasia became possible in the Netherlands ; The coming struggle for the right to die ; Sliding down a slippery slope? ; Breaking the commandment -- 8. Beyond the discontinuous mind : An unusual institution ; Whose organs may we take? ; In God's image and at the centre of the universe ; The western tradition under attack ; Who is homo? ; Who is a person? -- pt. III. Towards a coherent approach. 9. In place of the old ethic : The structure of ethical revolutions ; Rewriting the commandments ; Some answers ; The basis of the new approach to life and death.
520 1 $a"Rethinking Life and Death is a book that only the distinguished philosopher Peter Singer could write - a book that creates nothing less than a new set of ethics for the next century. Singer shows just why our traditional ethic of life and death is collapsing all around us - but instead of lamenting the fact, as traditional moralists do, he sees it as an opportunity to move forward to a more soundly based approach." "In discussing themes like euthanasia, brain death, abortion, and the treatment of patients in a persistent vegetative state, Singer boldly discards the old rhetoric and meaningless cliches about the sanctity of human life. Instead he produces a fresh account of when life should be regarded as precious and worth preserving, and when it should not be." "Using provocative case studies, Singer vividly describes the break-up of our current ethic of life and death. He asks penetrating questions like: What are the results of the classic Dutch experiment with voluntary euthanasia? What are its implications for the future and will a similar system work in the United States? Is the definition of death in terms of "brain death" a medical judgment? Or is it an ethical choice based on our need for organs and the emotional and financial futility of keeping human beings in this state alive? Why do we consider it wrong to take organs from a baby born without a brain, but acceptable to take them from an ape? Is it really possible to defend abortion on the grounds of "choice" or do we have to make up our minds first about the status of the fetus and whether it has rights in the first place?" "With Rethinking Life and Death, Peter Singer describes a world that has already begun to be revolutionized by twenty-first-century technology, and in doing so, provides us all with a profound reexamination of the ethics that govern how we live and how we die."--BOOK JACKET.
590 $bArchive
650 0 $aMedical ethics.
650 0 $aLife.
650 0 $aDeath.
650 12 $aEthics, Medical.
650 22 $aDeath.
650 22 $aEuthanasia.
650 7 $aDeath.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00888613
650 7 $aLife.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01198505
650 7 $aMedical ethics.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01014081
653 0 $aDeath
653 0 $aLife
653 0 $aMedical ethics
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780312144012.pdf
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol056/96003653.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol055/96003653.html
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