Author:
Rachels, James, 1941- comp.
Imprint:New York : Harper & Row, [1971]
Descriptionx, 390 p. ; 21 cm.
Note:I. ABORTION: -- The morality of abortion / Paul Ramsey -- The problem of abortion and the doctrine of double effect / Philippa Foot -- Whatever the consequences / Jonathan Bennett -- II. SEX: -- Sexual perversion / Thomas Nagel -- On sexual morality / Sara Ruddick -- III. HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE: -- Rights, human rights, and racial discrimination / Richard Wasserstrom -- The justification of civil disobedience / John Rawls -- Law and civil disobedience / R. M. Dworkin -- IV. CRIMINAL PUNISHMENT: -- The responsibility of criminals / William Kneale -- Murder and the principles of punishment, England and the United States / H. L. A. Hart -- Or else / J. R. Lucas -- V. VIOLENCE AND PACIFISM: -- What violence is / Newton Garver -- Pacifism, a philosophical analysis / Jan Narverson -- VI. WAR: -- War and murder / G. E. M. Anscombe -- On the morality of war, a preliminary inquiry / Richard Wasserstrom -- Peace / R. M. Hare -- VII. SUICIDE AND DEATH: -- Suicide / R. F. Holland -- Death / Thomas Nagel -- Death / Mary Mothersill.
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