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Autore |
Anscombe G. E. M (Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret) |
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Titolo |
Human life, action and ethics [[electronic resource] ] : essays / / by G.E.M. Anscombe ; edited by Mary Geach and Luke Gormally |
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Exeter, U.K. ; ; Charlottesville, Va., : Imprint Academic, c2005 |
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1-283-44526-3 |
9786613445261 |
1-84540-270-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (296 p.) |
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St. Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairs |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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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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