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Human Life, Action and Ethics : Essays by G.E.M. Anscombe.
Title:
Human Life, Action and Ethics : Essays by G.E.M. Anscombe.
Author:
Anscombe, G.E.M.
ISBN:
9781845402709
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (296 pages)
Series:
St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs, 4 ; v.4

St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs, 4
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- Publisher Information -- Dedication -- About the Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Human Life -- 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 -- Action and Practical Reason -- Chisholm on Action -- The Causation of Action -- Practical Inference -- Practical Truth -- Ethics -- 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 -- Back Matter -- Also Available.
Abstract:
A collection of essays by the celebrated philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe. This collection includes papers on human nature and practical philosophy, together with the classic 'Modern Moral Philosophy'.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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