Human life, action, and ethics : essays /

Anscombe, G. E. M.

Human life, action, and ethics : essays / by G.E.M. Anscombe ; edited by Mary Geach and Luke Gormally. - Exeter ; Charlottesville, VA : Imprint Academic, ©2005. - 1 online resource (xxi, 298 pages) - St. Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairs . - St. Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairs. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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' ...

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Ethics.
Bioethics.
Conscience.
Human rights.
Philosophical anthropology.
Act (Philosophy)
Bioethical Issues
Conscience
Human Rights
Moral Obligations
Value of Life
Ethics
Morale.
Anthropologie philosophique.
Action (Philosophie)
Bioéthique.
Conscience (Morale)
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Vie--Aspect économique.
ethics (philosophy)
philosophical anthropology.
PHILOSOPHY--Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY--Social.
Ethics.


Collected Work
Electronic books.

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