LEADER 03222nam 22005895 450 001 9910591032003321 005 20220901191835.0 010 $z9783031071829 010 $z3031071824 010 $a9783031071836$b(electronic bk.) 010 $a3031071832$b(electronic bk.) 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-07183-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7080099 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7080099 035 $a(CKB)24779000600041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-07183-6 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924779000600041 100 $a20220901d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcz#---auuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Ethics of Killing $eLife, Death and Human Nature /$fby Christian Erk 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (349 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Erk, Christian The Ethics of Killing Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783031071829 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter 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. 330 $aIn 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? 606 $aEthics 606 $aBioethics 606 $aMoral Philosophy and Applied Ethics 606 $aBioethics 615 0$aEthics. 615 0$aBioethics. 615 14$aMoral Philosophy and Applied Ethics. 615 24$aBioethics. 676 $a327.45634 676 $a179.7 700 $aErk$b Christian$0869353 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bYDX 801 2$bGW5XE 801 2$bEBLCP 801 2$bN$T 912 $a9910591032003321 996 $aThe Ethics of Killing$92912203 997 $aUNINA