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Amending the act of May 16, 1946 (Public Law 383, 79th Cong.), as amended, to provide increased allowances for the escorts of repatriated war dead. May 17 (legislative day, May 10), 1948. -- Ordered to be printed
| Amending the act of May 16, 1946 (Public Law 383, 79th Cong.), as amended, to provide increased allowances for the escorts of repatriated war dead. May 17 (legislative day, May 10), 1948. -- Ordered to be printed |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : [publisher not identified], , 1948 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (3 pages) |
| Altri autori (Persone) | TydingsMillard Evelyn <1890-1961.> (Democrat (MD)) |
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Senate report / 80th Congress, 2nd session. Senate
[United States congressional serial set] |
| Soggetto topico |
Expense accounts
Legislative amendments Per diem allowances Exhumation Dead Travel costs War casualties Soldiers |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Legislative materials. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Amending the act of May 16, 1946 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911075728503321 |
| Washington, DC : , : [publisher not identified], , 1948 | ||
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Americans missing in Southeast Asia. Final report together with additional and separate views of the Select Committee on Missing Persons in Southeast Asia, United States House of Representatives. December 13, 1976. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed (under authority of the order of September 11, 1975)
| Americans missing in Southeast Asia. Final report together with additional and separate views of the Select Committee on Missing Persons in Southeast Asia, United States House of Representatives. December 13, 1976. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed (under authority of the order of September 11, 1975) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : [U.S. Government Printing Office], , 1976 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (278 pages) : illustrations, tables |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
GilmanBenjamin A (Republican (NY))
GuyerTennyson <1913-1981> (Republican (OH)) MoakleyJohn Joseph <1927-2001> (Democrat (MA)) MontgomeryG. V (Gillespie V.) (Democrat (MS)) |
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House report / 94th Congress, 2nd session. House
[United States congressional serial set] |
| Soggetto topico |
Absence and presumption of death
Governmental investigations - United States International relations Negotiation Exhumation Dead Korean War, 1950-1953 Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Missing in action Prisoners of war Prisoners |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Legislative materials. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911079011003321 |
| [Washington, D.C.] : , : [U.S. Government Printing Office], , 1976 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Communication et entraide entre morts et vivants en Afrique : l'exemple des Maka du Cameroun
| Communication et entraide entre morts et vivants en Afrique : l'exemple des Maka du Cameroun |
| Autore | Tchouand Mpa John Tomy |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : L'Harmattan, 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (154 p.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Maka (African people) - Communication - Cameroon
Maka (African people) - Death - Cameroon Maka (African people) - Rites and ceremonies - Cameroon Spiritualism - Religious aspects Dead Communication and culture Parapsychology and philosophy History & Archaeology Regions & Countries - Africa |
| ISBN |
9782336371399
2336371391 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
| Nota di contenuto | Conception de l'univers et philosophie existentielle comme fondements de la crypto-communication chez les Maka -- La crypto-communication, une realité quotidienne et prégnante chez les Maka -- De l'entraide entre morts et vivants à travers la crypto-communication chez les Maka. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910157513803321 |
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| [Place of publication not identified], : L'Harmattan, 2015 | ||
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Computer-graphic facial reconstruction [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] John G. Clement and Murray K. Marks
| Computer-graphic facial reconstruction [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] John G. Clement and Murray K. Marks |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Burlington, MA, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
| Disciplina |
006.4
614.1 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ClementJohn G
MarksMurray K |
| Soggetto topico |
Forensic osteology
Facial reconstruction (Anthropology) Forensic anthropology Human face recognition (Computer science) Dead |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-63793-5
9786610637935 0-08-045422-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
COVER; COMPUTER-GRAPHIC FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE EDITORS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PART I HISTORY AND BACKGROUND; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION; 1.1 BACKGROUND; 1.2 UNITING MICRO- AND MACROMORPHOLOGICAL THEMES; 1.3 FORENSIC IMPERATIVES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2 CLASSICAL NON-COMPUTER-ASSISTED CRANIOFACIAL RECONSTRUCTION; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 CRANIOFACIAL RECONSTRUCTION; 2.3 HISTORY OF CFR; 2.4 ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SKULL; 2.5 SOFT-TISSUE DEPTH; 2.6 MANUAL 2D CFR; 2.6.1 SKETCHES; 2.6.2 GEORGE'S METHOD
2.7 MANUAL 3D CFR2.8 DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3 THE WISDOM OF BONES: FACIAL APPROXIMATION ON THE SKULL; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 THE PURPOSE OF FACIAL APPROXIMATION; 3.3 A HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE; 3.4 WHAT THE SKULL CAN TELL US: POSITIONAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE SKULL AND THE FACIAL FEATURES; 3.4.1 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ORBIT AND THE EYE; 3.4.2 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BONY NASAL APERTURE AND THE NOSE; 3.4.3 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SKULL, THE TEETH, AND THE MOUTH; 3.4.4 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SKULL AND THE EARS; 3.4.5 SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN THE FACE 3.5 BUILDING THE FACE FROM THE SKULL3.5.1 PRELIMINARY COLLECTION OF DATA; 3.5.2 CLEANING AND PREPARATION OF THE SKULL; 3.5.3 REPAIRING THE DAMAGED SKULL; 3.5.4 THE CLAY MODELING PROCEDURE; 3.6 HOW SUCCESSFUL IS FACIAL APPROXIMATION?; 3.7 COMPUTER ENHANCEMENT OF THE APPROXIMATION; 3.8 PUBLICIZING THE RESULTS; 3.9 CASE REPORTS; 3.10 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4 THREE-DIMENSIONAL QUANTIFICATION OF FACIAL SHAPE; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 BACKGROUND: WHY MEASURE FACES?; 4.3 BACKGROUND: WHAT IS A FACE?; 4.4 DATA ACQUISITION METHODS; 4.5 SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR DATA EXTRACTION AND ANALYSIS 4.6 QUANTITATIVE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FACES4.7 DATA TYPES: POINT CLOUDS; 4.8 DATA TYPES: LANDMARKS; 4.9 DATA TYPES: OUTLINES; 4.10 CALCULATION OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FACES; 4.11 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5 AUTOMATIC 3D FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION BY FEATURE-BASED REGISTRATION OF A REFERENCE HEAD; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; MORPHOMETRY-BASED METHODS; MORPHOLOGY-BASED METHODS; REGISTRATION-BASED METHODS; 5.2 DESCRIPTION OF THE METHOD; 5.2.1 DATA ACQUISITION; THE ACQUISITION PROCESS; THE REFERENCE HEAD; EXPERIMENT 1: UNKNOWN CONTEMPORARY SKULL EXPERIMENT 2: PREHISTORIC SKULL OF THE MAN OF TAUTAVEL5.2.2 EXTRACTION OF FEATURE POINTS AND LINES; 5.2.3 REGISTRATION OF FEATURE LINES; 5.2.4 GEOMETRICAL NORMALIZATION; 5.2.5 COMPUTING THE 3D TRANSFORMATION; 5.3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; 5.3.1 THE PROBLEM OF THE VALIDATION; EXPERIMENT 1; EXPERIMENT 2; 5.3.2 DEFINING A REFERENCE HEAD; 5.3.3 MODELING THE HUMAN VARIABILITY; AGE; ETHNICITY; CORPULENCE; EXPRESSIVITY; 5.3.4 INFERRING ILL-DEFINED FACIAL PARTS OR FEATURES; 5.4 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; PART II CONCEPTS AND CREATION OF FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION MODELS CHAPTER 6 TWO-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER-GENERATED AVERAGE HUMAN FACE MORPHOLOGY AND FACIAL APPROXIMATION |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458087003321 |
| Burlington, MA, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Computer-graphic facial reconstruction [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] John G. Clement and Murray K. Marks
| Computer-graphic facial reconstruction [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] John G. Clement and Murray K. Marks |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Burlington, MA, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
| Disciplina |
006.4
614.1 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ClementJohn G
MarksMurray K |
| Soggetto topico |
Forensic osteology
Facial reconstruction (Anthropology) Forensic anthropology Human face recognition (Computer science) Dead |
| ISBN |
1-280-63793-5
9786610637935 0-08-045422-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
COVER; COMPUTER-GRAPHIC FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE EDITORS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PART I HISTORY AND BACKGROUND; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION; 1.1 BACKGROUND; 1.2 UNITING MICRO- AND MACROMORPHOLOGICAL THEMES; 1.3 FORENSIC IMPERATIVES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2 CLASSICAL NON-COMPUTER-ASSISTED CRANIOFACIAL RECONSTRUCTION; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 CRANIOFACIAL RECONSTRUCTION; 2.3 HISTORY OF CFR; 2.4 ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SKULL; 2.5 SOFT-TISSUE DEPTH; 2.6 MANUAL 2D CFR; 2.6.1 SKETCHES; 2.6.2 GEORGE'S METHOD
2.7 MANUAL 3D CFR2.8 DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3 THE WISDOM OF BONES: FACIAL APPROXIMATION ON THE SKULL; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 THE PURPOSE OF FACIAL APPROXIMATION; 3.3 A HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE; 3.4 WHAT THE SKULL CAN TELL US: POSITIONAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE SKULL AND THE FACIAL FEATURES; 3.4.1 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ORBIT AND THE EYE; 3.4.2 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BONY NASAL APERTURE AND THE NOSE; 3.4.3 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SKULL, THE TEETH, AND THE MOUTH; 3.4.4 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SKULL AND THE EARS; 3.4.5 SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN THE FACE 3.5 BUILDING THE FACE FROM THE SKULL3.5.1 PRELIMINARY COLLECTION OF DATA; 3.5.2 CLEANING AND PREPARATION OF THE SKULL; 3.5.3 REPAIRING THE DAMAGED SKULL; 3.5.4 THE CLAY MODELING PROCEDURE; 3.6 HOW SUCCESSFUL IS FACIAL APPROXIMATION?; 3.7 COMPUTER ENHANCEMENT OF THE APPROXIMATION; 3.8 PUBLICIZING THE RESULTS; 3.9 CASE REPORTS; 3.10 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4 THREE-DIMENSIONAL QUANTIFICATION OF FACIAL SHAPE; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 BACKGROUND: WHY MEASURE FACES?; 4.3 BACKGROUND: WHAT IS A FACE?; 4.4 DATA ACQUISITION METHODS; 4.5 SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR DATA EXTRACTION AND ANALYSIS 4.6 QUANTITATIVE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FACES4.7 DATA TYPES: POINT CLOUDS; 4.8 DATA TYPES: LANDMARKS; 4.9 DATA TYPES: OUTLINES; 4.10 CALCULATION OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FACES; 4.11 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5 AUTOMATIC 3D FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION BY FEATURE-BASED REGISTRATION OF A REFERENCE HEAD; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; MORPHOMETRY-BASED METHODS; MORPHOLOGY-BASED METHODS; REGISTRATION-BASED METHODS; 5.2 DESCRIPTION OF THE METHOD; 5.2.1 DATA ACQUISITION; THE ACQUISITION PROCESS; THE REFERENCE HEAD; EXPERIMENT 1: UNKNOWN CONTEMPORARY SKULL EXPERIMENT 2: PREHISTORIC SKULL OF THE MAN OF TAUTAVEL5.2.2 EXTRACTION OF FEATURE POINTS AND LINES; 5.2.3 REGISTRATION OF FEATURE LINES; 5.2.4 GEOMETRICAL NORMALIZATION; 5.2.5 COMPUTING THE 3D TRANSFORMATION; 5.3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; 5.3.1 THE PROBLEM OF THE VALIDATION; EXPERIMENT 1; EXPERIMENT 2; 5.3.2 DEFINING A REFERENCE HEAD; 5.3.3 MODELING THE HUMAN VARIABILITY; AGE; ETHNICITY; CORPULENCE; EXPRESSIVITY; 5.3.4 INFERRING ILL-DEFINED FACIAL PARTS OR FEATURES; 5.4 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; PART II CONCEPTS AND CREATION OF FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION MODELS CHAPTER 6 TWO-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER-GENERATED AVERAGE HUMAN FACE MORPHOLOGY AND FACIAL APPROXIMATION |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784565403321 |
| Burlington, MA, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Dead Seekers / / Barb Hendee and J. C. Hendee
| The Dead Seekers / / Barb Hendee and J. C. Hendee |
| Autore | Hendee Barb |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Ace, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (226 pages) |
| Disciplina | 813.6 |
| Collana | A Dead Seekers Novel Series |
| Soggetto topico | Dead |
| ISBN | 0-698-15446-0 |
| Classificazione | FIC009020FIC009000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910151634703321 |
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| New York, NY : , : Ace, , [2017] | ||
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Death investigation : an introduction to forensic pathology for the nonscientist / / Ann Bucholtz
| Death investigation : an introduction to forensic pathology for the nonscientist / / Ann Bucholtz |
| Autore | Bucholtz Ann. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam : , : Elsevier |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (386 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 614/.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Dead
Forensic pathology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-315-72175-9
1-4557-7449-9 1-306-32171-9 1-4557-7437-5 1-138-12660-8 1-317-52294-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ch. 1. History of death investigation -- ch. 2. Death scene investigation -- ch. 3. Death certification -- ch. 4. Time of death -- ch. 5. Autopsy procedure -- ch. 6. Identification -- ch. 7. Blunt-force trauma -- ch. 8. Gunshot wounds -- ch. 9. Sharp-force injuries -- ch. 10. Sudden death in adults -- ch. 11. Sudden death in children -- ch. 12. Asphyxia -- ch. 13. Special circumstances. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464053803321 |
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Death, posthumous harm, and bioethics / / James Stacey Taylor
| Death, posthumous harm, and bioethics / / James Stacey Taylor |
| Autore | Taylor James Stacey <1970-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (243 p.) |
| Disciplina | 128/.5 |
| Collana | Routledge annals of bioethics |
| Soggetto topico |
Death
Death - Moral and ethical aspects Respect for persons Dead Bioethics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-70926-0
0-203-10642-3 1-136-25776-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Death Unterrible; Full-blooded Epicureanism and Contemporary Bioethics; A Note on Methodology; Outline of this Volume; 1 Posthumous Harm and Interest-based Accounts of Well-being; The Intuitive Case for Posthumous Harm; The Anti-Hedonistic Intuition; Wronging the Dead; The Feinberg-Pitcher Argument for Posthumous Harm; Assessing the Argument for Posthumous Harm; Accommodating Orphaned Intuitions; Accommodating Feinberg's and Parfit's Anti-Hedonistic Intuitions; Can the Dead be Wronged?
Portmore, Posthumous Harm, and the Desire Theory of WelfareConclusion; 2 Further Criticisms of the Possibility of Posthumous Harm; Levenbook's Account of Harm as Loss; Levenbook's Argument; Criticisms of Levenbook's Argument; Grover's Quality of Life Arguments; Grover's Argument; Criticisms of Grover's Argument; Sperling's Human Subject Account; Sperling's Argument; Criticisms of Sperling's Argument; Harm and Implication in Evil; Conclusion; 3 The Impossibility of Posthumous Harm; Death, Goods, and the Extinction of Desires; Responding to Luper; Towards Hedonism; Objects and Causes Conclusion4 Can the Dead Be Wronged?; Desert and Injustice; Blustein and the "Dear Departed"; Responses to Blustein's Arguments; Response to the Rescue from Insignificance Argument; Response to the Enduring Duties Argument; Response to the Reciprocity Argument; Rights and Interests; Conclusion; 5 Why Death Is Not a Harm to the One Who Dies; The Epicurean Argument; Hedonism Revisited; Death and Deprivation; Does a Person's Death Deprive Her of the Goods of Life?; Responses to these Deprivation-based Arguments for the Harm of Death; The Existence Variant and Presentism Defended; Conclusion 6 Fearless SymmetryLucretian Arguments; Challenges to the Lucretian Symmetry Argument; Responses to Nagel's Objection; Stoic fate; Hetherington's Symmetry Arguments; Earlier Birth and Personal Identity; Kaufman's Defense of Nagel's Argument; Responses to Kaufman; Responses to the Other Criticisms of this Lucretian Argument; The Backfire Problem; Feldman's Objection; Parfit's Hospital Example; Conclusion; 7 Epicureanism, Suicide, and Euthanasia; McMahan's Reconciliation Strategy; An Epicurean Approach to Suicide and Euthanasia; Suicide; Euthanasia; Conclusion 8 Epicureanism and Organ ProcurementEpicureanism and Policies of Presumed Consent; Presumed Consent and the "Fewer Mistakes" Arguments; Autonomy-based "Fewer Mistakes" Arguments; Gill's Arguments; Why Gill's Argument against the Qualitative "Fewer Mistakes" Argument Fails; Objections to Gill's Quantitative Autonomy-based "Fewer Mistakes" Argument; The "Fewer Mistakes" Arguments and Violations of Autonomy; Presumed Consent and Respect for Autonomy; From Presumed Consent to Organ Taking; The Standard Pro-Taking Argument; Two Unjustified Assumptions-Moving Towards Markets The Ownership of Organs |
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Taylor James Stacey <1970-, >
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Death, posthumous harm, and bioethics / / James Stacey Taylor
| Death, posthumous harm, and bioethics / / James Stacey Taylor |
| Autore | Taylor James Stacey <1970-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (243 p.) |
| Disciplina | 128/.5 |
| Collana | Routledge annals of bioethics |
| Soggetto topico |
Death
Death - Moral and ethical aspects Respect for persons Dead Bioethics |
| ISBN |
1-136-25775-6
1-283-70926-0 0-203-10642-3 1-136-25776-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Death Unterrible; Full-blooded Epicureanism and Contemporary Bioethics; A Note on Methodology; Outline of this Volume; 1 Posthumous Harm and Interest-based Accounts of Well-being; The Intuitive Case for Posthumous Harm; The Anti-Hedonistic Intuition; Wronging the Dead; The Feinberg-Pitcher Argument for Posthumous Harm; Assessing the Argument for Posthumous Harm; Accommodating Orphaned Intuitions; Accommodating Feinberg's and Parfit's Anti-Hedonistic Intuitions; Can the Dead be Wronged?
Portmore, Posthumous Harm, and the Desire Theory of WelfareConclusion; 2 Further Criticisms of the Possibility of Posthumous Harm; Levenbook's Account of Harm as Loss; Levenbook's Argument; Criticisms of Levenbook's Argument; Grover's Quality of Life Arguments; Grover's Argument; Criticisms of Grover's Argument; Sperling's Human Subject Account; Sperling's Argument; Criticisms of Sperling's Argument; Harm and Implication in Evil; Conclusion; 3 The Impossibility of Posthumous Harm; Death, Goods, and the Extinction of Desires; Responding to Luper; Towards Hedonism; Objects and Causes Conclusion4 Can the Dead Be Wronged?; Desert and Injustice; Blustein and the "Dear Departed"; Responses to Blustein's Arguments; Response to the Rescue from Insignificance Argument; Response to the Enduring Duties Argument; Response to the Reciprocity Argument; Rights and Interests; Conclusion; 5 Why Death Is Not a Harm to the One Who Dies; The Epicurean Argument; Hedonism Revisited; Death and Deprivation; Does a Person's Death Deprive Her of the Goods of Life?; Responses to these Deprivation-based Arguments for the Harm of Death; The Existence Variant and Presentism Defended; Conclusion 6 Fearless SymmetryLucretian Arguments; Challenges to the Lucretian Symmetry Argument; Responses to Nagel's Objection; Stoic fate; Hetherington's Symmetry Arguments; Earlier Birth and Personal Identity; Kaufman's Defense of Nagel's Argument; Responses to Kaufman; Responses to the Other Criticisms of this Lucretian Argument; The Backfire Problem; Feldman's Objection; Parfit's Hospital Example; Conclusion; 7 Epicureanism, Suicide, and Euthanasia; McMahan's Reconciliation Strategy; An Epicurean Approach to Suicide and Euthanasia; Suicide; Euthanasia; Conclusion 8 Epicureanism and Organ ProcurementEpicureanism and Policies of Presumed Consent; Presumed Consent and the "Fewer Mistakes" Arguments; Autonomy-based "Fewer Mistakes" Arguments; Gill's Arguments; Why Gill's Argument against the Qualitative "Fewer Mistakes" Argument Fails; Objections to Gill's Quantitative Autonomy-based "Fewer Mistakes" Argument; The "Fewer Mistakes" Arguments and Violations of Autonomy; Presumed Consent and Respect for Autonomy; From Presumed Consent to Organ Taking; The Standard Pro-Taking Argument; Two Unjustified Assumptions-Moving Towards Markets The Ownership of Organs |
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Death, posthumous harm, and bioethics / / James Stacey Taylor
| Death, posthumous harm, and bioethics / / James Stacey Taylor |
| Autore | Taylor James Stacey <1970-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (243 p.) |
| Disciplina | 128/.5 |
| Collana | Routledge annals of bioethics |
| Soggetto topico |
Death
Death - Moral and ethical aspects Respect for persons Dead Bioethics |
| ISBN |
1-136-25775-6
1-283-70926-0 0-203-10642-3 1-136-25776-4 9780203106426 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Death Unterrible; Full-blooded Epicureanism and Contemporary Bioethics; A Note on Methodology; Outline of this Volume; 1 Posthumous Harm and Interest-based Accounts of Well-being; The Intuitive Case for Posthumous Harm; The Anti-Hedonistic Intuition; Wronging the Dead; The Feinberg-Pitcher Argument for Posthumous Harm; Assessing the Argument for Posthumous Harm; Accommodating Orphaned Intuitions; Accommodating Feinberg's and Parfit's Anti-Hedonistic Intuitions; Can the Dead be Wronged?
Portmore, Posthumous Harm, and the Desire Theory of WelfareConclusion; 2 Further Criticisms of the Possibility of Posthumous Harm; Levenbook's Account of Harm as Loss; Levenbook's Argument; Criticisms of Levenbook's Argument; Grover's Quality of Life Arguments; Grover's Argument; Criticisms of Grover's Argument; Sperling's Human Subject Account; Sperling's Argument; Criticisms of Sperling's Argument; Harm and Implication in Evil; Conclusion; 3 The Impossibility of Posthumous Harm; Death, Goods, and the Extinction of Desires; Responding to Luper; Towards Hedonism; Objects and Causes Conclusion4 Can the Dead Be Wronged?; Desert and Injustice; Blustein and the "Dear Departed"; Responses to Blustein's Arguments; Response to the Rescue from Insignificance Argument; Response to the Enduring Duties Argument; Response to the Reciprocity Argument; Rights and Interests; Conclusion; 5 Why Death Is Not a Harm to the One Who Dies; The Epicurean Argument; Hedonism Revisited; Death and Deprivation; Does a Person's Death Deprive Her of the Goods of Life?; Responses to these Deprivation-based Arguments for the Harm of Death; The Existence Variant and Presentism Defended; Conclusion 6 Fearless SymmetryLucretian Arguments; Challenges to the Lucretian Symmetry Argument; Responses to Nagel's Objection; Stoic fate; Hetherington's Symmetry Arguments; Earlier Birth and Personal Identity; Kaufman's Defense of Nagel's Argument; Responses to Kaufman; Responses to the Other Criticisms of this Lucretian Argument; The Backfire Problem; Feldman's Objection; Parfit's Hospital Example; Conclusion; 7 Epicureanism, Suicide, and Euthanasia; McMahan's Reconciliation Strategy; An Epicurean Approach to Suicide and Euthanasia; Suicide; Euthanasia; Conclusion 8 Epicureanism and Organ ProcurementEpicureanism and Policies of Presumed Consent; Presumed Consent and the "Fewer Mistakes" Arguments; Autonomy-based "Fewer Mistakes" Arguments; Gill's Arguments; Why Gill's Argument against the Qualitative "Fewer Mistakes" Argument Fails; Objections to Gill's Quantitative Autonomy-based "Fewer Mistakes" Argument; The "Fewer Mistakes" Arguments and Violations of Autonomy; Presumed Consent and Respect for Autonomy; From Presumed Consent to Organ Taking; The Standard Pro-Taking Argument; Two Unjustified Assumptions-Moving Towards Markets The Ownership of Organs |
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Taylor James Stacey <1970->
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| New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Soggetto topico
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Dead
(47)
- Death - Moral and ethical aspects (7)
- Respect for persons (7)
- Exhumation (6)
- Disaster victims (5)