Beyond Price
Essays on Birth and Death
dc.contributor.author | J. Velleman, David | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-03 00:00:00 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-04-01T12:51:59Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-04-01T12:51:59Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier | 646661 | |
dc.identifier | OCN: 926061253 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30338 | |
dc.description.abstract | In nine lively essays, bioethicist J. David Velleman challenges the prevailing consensus about assisted suicide and reproductive technology, articulating an original approach to the ethics of creating and ending human lives. He argues that assistance in dying is appropriate only at the point where talk of suicide is not, and he raises moral objections to anonymous donor conception. In their place, Velleman champions a morality of valuing personhood over happiness in making end-of-life decisions, and respecting the personhood of future children in making decisions about procreation. These controversial views are defended with philosophical rigor while remaining accessible to the general reader. Written over Velleman's 30 years of undergraduate teaching in bioethics, the essays have never before been collected and made available to a non-academic audience. They will open new lines of debate on issues of intense public interest. | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTQ Ethics and moral philosophy | en_US |
dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBD Medical profession::MBDC Medical ethics and professional conduct | en_US |
dc.subject.classification | thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAD Bioethics | en_US |
dc.subject.other | medical ethics | |
dc.subject.other | bioethics | |
dc.subject.other | donor conception | |
dc.subject.other | assisted suicide | |
dc.subject.other | death and dying | |
dc.subject.other | euthanasia | |
dc.subject.other | reproductive technology | |
dc.subject.other | Immanuel Kant | |
dc.subject.other | Parent | |
dc.title | Beyond Price | |
dc.title.alternative | Essays on Birth and Death | |
dc.type | book | |
oapen.identifier.doi | 10.11647/OBP.0061 | |
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy | 23117811-c361-47b4-8b76-2c9b160c9a8b | |
oapen.relation.isbn | 9781783741670 | |
oapen.collection | ScholarLed | |
oapen.pages | 232 | |
oapen.remark.public | Relevant Wikipedia pages: Euthanasia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia; Immanuel Kant - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kant; Parent - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parent | |
oapen.identifier.ocn | 926061253 |