03222nam 22005895 450 991059103200332120220901191835.0978303107182930310718249783031071836(electronic bk.)3031071832(electronic bk.)10.1007/978-3-031-07183-6(MiAaPQ)EBC7080099(Au-PeEL)EBL7080099(CKB)24779000600041(DE-He213)978-3-031-07183-6(EXLCZ)992477900060004120220901d2022 u| 0engurcz#---auuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Ethics of Killing Life, Death and Human Nature /by Christian Erk1st ed. 2022.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2022.1 online resource (349 pages)Print version: Erk, Christian The Ethics of Killing Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783031071829 Includes bibliographical references and index.Chapter 1: Setting the Stage -- Chapter 2: Conceptualising Killing Actions -- Chapter 3: The General Ethics of Human Actions -- Chapter 4: Interlude I: Life & Death -- Chapter 5: Interlude II: Personhood and Moral Status of Human Beings -- Chapter 6: The General Ethics of Killing Human Beings -- Chapter 7: The Special Ethics of Killing Human Beings -- Chapter 8: Conclusion.In this book, Christian Erk examines the ethical (im)permissibility of killing human beings in general and of selected killings in particular, namely suicide, lethal selfdefence, abortion and euthanasia, as well as organ transplantation and assisted suicide. He does so by addressing a range of important ethical questions: What does it mean to act? Of what elements is an action comprised? What is the difference between a good or evil action and a permissible or impermissible action? How can we determine whether an action is good or evil? Is there a moral duty not to kill? Is this duty held by and against all human beings or only persons? What and who is a person? What is human dignity and who has it? What is it that is actually taken when somebody is killed, i.e. what is life? And closely related to that: What and when is death? By integrating the answers to these questions into an argumentative architecture, the book offers a comprehensive exploration of one of the most fundamental questions of mankind: Under which conditions, if any, is killing human beings ethically permissible?EthicsBioethicsMoral Philosophy and Applied EthicsBioethicsEthics.Bioethics.Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.Bioethics.327.45634179.7Erk Christian869353MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQYDXGW5XEEBLCPN$T9910591032003321The Ethics of Killing2912203UNINA