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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461401903321

Autore

Anscombe G. E. M (Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret)

Titolo

Human life, action and ethics [[electronic resource] ] : essays / / by G.E.M. Anscombe ; edited by Mary Geach and Luke Gormally

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Exeter, U.K. ; ; Charlottesville, Va., : Imprint Academic, c2005

ISBN

1-283-44526-3

9786613445261

1-84540-270-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

St. Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairs

Altri autori (Persone)

GeachMary

GormallyLuke

Disciplina

170

Soggetti

Ethics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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'...