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Human Lives

Critical Essays on Consequentialist Bioethics

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. David S. Oderberg

    1. The University of Reading, UK

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  2. Jacqueline A. Laing

    1. High Court of Australia, Australia
      Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • David S. Oderberg, Jacqueline A. Laing
    Pages 1-12

  3. Consequentialism in Modern Moral Philosophy and in ‘Modern Moral Philosophy’

    • Cora Diamond
    Pages 13-38

  4. Is Anything Absolutely Wrong?

    • Nicholas Denyer
    Pages 39-57

  5. Natural Integrity And Biotechnology

    • Stephen R. L. Clark
    Pages 58-76

  6. The Moral Uniqueness of the Human Animal

    • Brian Scarlett
    Pages 77-95

  7. In Defence of Speciesism

    • Tim Chappell
    Pages 96-108

  8. Young Human Beings: Metaphysics and Ethics

    • Grant Gillett
    Pages 109-127

  9. Medicine, Virtues and Consequences

    • John Cottingham
    Pages 128-143

  10. On Not Destroying the Health of One’s Patients

    • Lance Simmons
    Pages 144-160

  11. Intentions in Medical Ethics

    • J. L. A. Garcia
    Pages 161-181

  12. The Pre-eminence of Autonomy in Bioethics

    • Janet E. Smith
    Pages 182-195

  13. Innocence and Consequentialism: Inconsistency, Equivocation and Contradiction in the Philosophy of Peter Singer

    • Jacqueline A. Laing
    Pages 196-224

  14. Voluntary Euthanasia and Justice

    • David S. Oderberg
    Pages 225-240

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 241-244
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About this book

Human Lives: Critical Essays on Consequentialist Bioethics is a collection of original papers by philosophers from Britain, the USA and Australia. The aim of the book is to redress the imbalance in moral philosophy created by the dominance of consequentialism, the view that the criterion of morality is the maximization of good effects over bad, without regard for basic right or wrong. This approach has become the orthodoxy over the last few decades, particularly in the field of bioethics, where moral theory is applied to matters of life and death. The essays in Human Lives critically examine the assumptions and arguments of consequentialism, reviving in the process important concepts such as rights, justice, innocence, natural integrity, flourishing, the virtues, and the fundamental value of human life.

Editors and Affiliations

  • The University of Reading, UK

    David S. Oderberg

  • High Court of Australia, Australia

    Jacqueline A. Laing

  • Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia

    Jacqueline A. Laing

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Human Lives

  • Book Subtitle: Critical Essays on Consequentialist Bioethics

  • Editors: David S. Oderberg, Jacqueline A. Laing

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25098-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: David S. Oderberg and Jacqueline A. Laing 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-62980-2Published: 08 November 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-25100-1Published: 12 January 1997

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-25098-1Published: 12 January 1997

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 244

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, Ethics, Bioethics

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