The Right To Life And The Value Of Life

Author : Jon Yorke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317017738

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The Right to Life and the Value of Life by Jon Yorke Pdf

This groundbreaking book is the first collection to investigate the law, political science and ethical perspectives collectively in relation to the right and value of life. Its contributions from international roster of scholars are organized around five themes: a theoretical positioning of life and death; War, armed conflict and detention; Death as punishment; Medical parameters for ending life; and medical policies for the preservation of life. In studying this issue in its contemporary contexts of "right" and "value," the volume fills the current scholarly lacuna in the general subject of the orientations of life. It presents a much-needed examination of key issues in a broad practical and theoretical context, and holds broad appeal for scholars, researchers, and students occupied with issues of war, armed conflict, the death penalty, and various contemporary medico-legal scenarios.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : OCLC:467193920

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jon Yorke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317017745

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The Right to Life and the Value of Life by Jon Yorke Pdf

This groundbreaking book is the first collection to investigate the law, political science and ethical perspectives collectively in relation to the right and value of life. Its contributions from international roster of scholars are organized around five themes: a theoretical positioning of life and death; War, armed conflict and detention; Death as punishment; Medical parameters for ending life; and medical policies for the preservation of life. In studying this issue in its contemporary contexts of "right" and "value," the volume fills the current scholarly lacuna in the general subject of the orientations of life. It presents a much-needed examination of key issues in a broad practical and theoretical context, and holds broad appeal for scholars, researchers, and students occupied with issues of war, armed conflict, the death penalty, and various contemporary medico-legal scenarios.

Author : Stephen R. Kellert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015034933294

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The Value of Life by Stephen R. Kellert Pdf

The Value of Life is an exploration of the actual and perceived importance of biological diversity for human beings and society. Stephen R. Kellert identifies ten basic values, which he describes as biologically based, inherent human tendencies that are greatly influenced and moderated by culture, learning, and experience. Drawing on 20 years of original research, he considers: the universal basis for how humans value nature differences in those values by gender, age, ethnicity, occupation, and geographic location how environment-related activities affect values variation in values relating to different species how vlaues vary across cultures policy and management implications Throughout the book, Kellert argues that the preservation of biodiversity is fundamentally linked to human well-being in the largest sense as he illustrates the importance of biological diversity to the human sociocultural and psychological condition.

Author : John Keown
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002-04-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 0521009332

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Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy by John Keown Pdf

Whether the law should permit voluntary euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide is one of the most vital questions facing all modern societies. Internationally, the main obstacle to legalisation has proved to be the objection that, even if they were morally acceptable in certain 'hard cases', voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide could not be effectively controlled; society would slide down a 'slippery slope' to the killing of patients who did not make a free and informed request, or for whom palliative care would have offered an alternative. How cogent is this objection? This book provides the general reader (who need have no expertise in philosophy, law or medicine) with a lucid introduction to this central question in the debate, not least by reviewing the Dutch euthanasia experience. It will interest all in any country whether currently for or against legalisation, who wish to ensure that their opinions are better informed.

Author : Canada
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : OCLC:49089791

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The Constitution Act, 1982 by Canada Pdf

Author : Jeffrey H. Reiman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0847692086

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Abortion and the Ways We Value Human Life by Jeffrey H. Reiman Pdf

In this text, Jeffrey Reiman argues that an overlooked clue to the solution of the moral problem lies in the unusual way in which we value the lives of individual human beings - namely, that we value them irreplaceably. We think it is not only wrong to kill an innocent human child or adult, but that it would not be made right by replacing the dead one with another living one, or even several.

Author : Stephen Skinner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509929542

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Lethal Force, the Right to Life and the ECHR by Stephen Skinner Pdf

In its case law on the use of lethal and potentially lethal force, the European Court of Human Rights declares a fundamental connection between the right to life in Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights and democratic society. This book discusses how that connection can be understood by using narrative theory to explore Article 2 law's specificities and its deeper historical, social and political significance. Focusing on the domestic policing and law enforcement context, the book draws on an extensive analysis of case law from 1995 to 2017. It shows how the connection with democratic society in Article 2's substantive and procedural dimensions underlines the right to life's problematic duality, as an expression of a basic value demanding a high level of protection and a contextually limited provision allowing states leeway in the use of force. Emphasising the need to identify clear standards in the interpretation and application of the right to life, the book argues that Article 2 law's narrative dimensions bring to light its core purposes and values. These are to extract meaning from pain and death, ground democratic society's foundational distinction between acceptable force and unacceptable violence, and indicate democratic society's essential attributes as a restrained, responsible and reflective system.

Author : John Harris
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2006-12-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781134954216

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The Value of Life by John Harris Pdf

First published in 1985. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Clayton M. Christensen
Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781633692572

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How Will You Measure Your Life? (Harvard Business Review Classics) by Clayton M. Christensen Pdf

In the spring of 2010, Harvard Business School’s graduating class asked HBS professor Clay Christensen to address them—but not on how to apply his principles and thinking to their post-HBS careers. The students wanted to know how to apply his wisdom to their personal lives. He shared with them a set of guidelines that have helped him find meaning in his own life, which led to this now-classic article. Although Christensen’s thinking is rooted in his deep religious faith, these are strategies anyone can use. Since 1922, Harvard Business Review has been a leading source of breakthrough ideas in management practice. The Harvard Business Review Classics series now offers you the opportunity to make these seminal pieces a part of your permanent management library. Each highly readable volume contains a groundbreaking idea that continues to shape best practices and inspire countless managers around the world.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:248265417

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A Consolidation of the Constitution Acts 1867 to 1982 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Christopher Belshaw
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000199932

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The Value and Meaning of Life by Christopher Belshaw Pdf

In this book Christopher Belshaw draws on earlier work concerning death, identity, animals, immortality, and extinction, and builds a large-scale argument dealing with questions of both value and meaning. Rejecting suggestions that life is sacred or intrinsically valuable, he argues instead that its value varies, and varies considerably, both within and between different kinds of things. So in some cases we might have reason to improve or save a life, while in others that reason will be lacking. What about starting lives? The book’s central section takes this as its focus, and asks whether we ever have reason to start lives, just for the sake of the one whose life it is. Not only is it denied that there is any such reason, but some sympathy is afforded to the anti-natalist contention that there is always reason against. The final chapters deal with meaning. There is support here for the sober and familiar view that meaning derives from an enthusiasm for, and some success with, the pursuit of worthwhile projects. Now suppose we are immortal. Or suppose, in contrast, that we face imminent extinction. Would either of these threaten meaning? The claim is made that the force of such threats is often exaggerated. The Value and Meaning of Life is essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy, ethics, and religion, and will be of interest to all those concerned with how to live, and how to think about the lives of others.

Author : Ronald Dworkin
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780307787910

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Life's Dominion by Ronald Dworkin Pdf

Internationally renowned lawyer and philosopher Ronald Dworkin addresses the crucially related acts of abortion and euthanasia in a brilliantly original book that examines their meaning in a nation that prizes both life and individual liberty. From Roe v. Wade to the legal battle over the death of Nancy Cruzan, no issues have opened greater rifts in American society than those of abortion and euthanasia. At the heart of Life's Dominion is Dworkin's inquest into why abortion and euthanasia provoke such controversy. Do these acts violate some fundamental "right to life"? Or are the objections against them based on the belief that human life is sacred? Combining incisive moral reasoning and close readings of indicidual court decisions with a majestic interpretation of the U.S. Constitution itself, Dworkin gives us a work that is absolutely essential for anyone who cares about the legal status of human life.

Author : Christopher Robert Kaczor
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0415884683

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The Ethics of Abortion by Christopher Robert Kaczor Pdf

Appealing to reason rather than religious belief, this book is the most comprehensive case against the choice of abortion yet published. The Ethics of Abortion critically evaluates all the major grounds for denying fetal personhood, including the views of those who defend not only abortion but also infanticide. It also provides several (non-theological) justifications for the conclusion that all human beings, including those in utero, should be respected as persons. This book also critiques the view that abortion is not wrong even if the human fetus is a person. The Ethics of Abortion examines hard cases for those who are prolife, such as abortion in cases of rape or in order to save the motherâe(tm)s life, as well as hard cases for defenders of abortion, such as sex selection abortion and the rationale for being âeoepersonally opposedâe but publically supportive of abortion. It concludes with a discussion of whether artificial wombs might end the abortion debate. Answering the arguments of defenders of abortion, this book provides reasoned justification for the view that all intentional abortions are morally wrong and that doctors and nurses who object to abortion should not be forced to act against their consciences.

Author : Tom Regan
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520054601

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The Case for Animal Rights by Tom Regan Pdf

THE argument for animal rights, a classic since its appearance in 1983, from the moral philosophical point of view. With a new preface.