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Aging, death, and human longevity [[electronic resource] ] : a philosophical inquiry / / Christine Overall
| Aging, death, and human longevity [[electronic resource] ] : a philosophical inquiry / / Christine Overall |
| Autore | Overall Christine <1949-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (278 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.26 |
| Soggetto topico |
Aging
Longevity Terminal care |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-520-93880-1
1-59734-455-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: "Death Twitches My Ear"; 2. "Remember You Must Die": Arguments against Prolonging Human Life; 3. Age Rationing and "Generational Cleansing": Evaluating the "Duty to Die"; 4. "One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer": Arguments in Favor of Prolonging Human Life; 5. "From Here to Eternity": Is It Good to Live Forever?; 6. "The Death of Death": Immortality, Identity, and Selfhood; 7. Personal and Policy Implications: "Rage against the Dying of the Light"?; Notes; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455660003321 |
Overall Christine <1949->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Aging, death, and human longevity [[electronic resource] ] : a philosophical inquiry / / Christine Overall
| Aging, death, and human longevity [[electronic resource] ] : a philosophical inquiry / / Christine Overall |
| Autore | Overall Christine <1949-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (278 p.) |
| Disciplina | 305.26 |
| Soggetto topico |
Aging
Longevity Terminal care |
| ISBN |
0-520-93880-1
1-59734-455-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: "Death Twitches My Ear"; 2. "Remember You Must Die": Arguments against Prolonging Human Life; 3. Age Rationing and "Generational Cleansing": Evaluating the "Duty to Die"; 4. "One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer": Arguments in Favor of Prolonging Human Life; 5. "From Here to Eternity": Is It Good to Live Forever?; 6. "The Death of Death": Immortality, Identity, and Selfhood; 7. Personal and Policy Implications: "Rage against the Dying of the Light"?; Notes; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780247503321 |
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Overall Christine <1949->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Why have children? [[electronic resource] ] : the ethical debate / / Christine Overall
| Why have children? [[electronic resource] ] : the ethical debate / / Christine Overall |
| Autore | Overall Christine <1949-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
| Disciplina | 176 |
| Collana | Basic bioethics |
| Soggetto topico | Human reproduction - Moral and ethical aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-44892-0
9786613448927 0-262-30129-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Reproductive freedom, autonomy and reproductive rights -- When prospective parents disagree -- Deontological reasons for having children -- Consequentialist reasons for having children -- Not a "better never to have been" -- An obligation not to procreate? -- Illness, impairment, and the procreation decision -- Overpopulation and extinction -- Procreation, values, and identity. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461654503321 |
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Overall Christine <1949->
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| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Why have children? : the ethical debate / / Christine Overall
| Why have children? : the ethical debate / / Christine Overall |
| Autore | Overall Christine <1949-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts, : MIT Press, ©2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
| Disciplina | 176 |
| Collana | Basic bioethics |
| Soggetto topico | Human reproduction - Moral and ethical aspects |
| Soggetto non controllato | PHILOSOPHY/Ethics & Bioethics |
| ISBN |
0-262-30051-6
1-283-44892-0 9786613448927 0-262-30129-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Reproductive freedom, autonomy and reproductive rights -- When prospective parents disagree -- Deontological reasons for having children -- Consequentialist reasons for having children -- Not a "better never to have been" -- An obligation not to procreate? -- Illness, impairment, and the procreation decision -- Overpopulation and extinction -- Procreation, values, and identity. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789893403321 |
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Overall Christine <1949->
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| Cambridge, Massachusetts, : MIT Press, ©2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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