Ethics of Killing : Problems at the Margins of Life, Paperback by McMahan, Je...

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Item Height: 1.3 in Publication Year: 2003 Item Width: 9.2 in Author: Jeff Mcmahan Number of Pages: 560 Pages Genre: Philosophy, True Crime, Social Science Format: Trade Paperback Book Series: Oxford Ethics Ser. Topic: Murder / General, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Abortion & Birth Control ISBN: 9780195169829 Language: English Book Title: Ethics of Killing : Problems at the Margins of Life gtin13: 9780195169829 Item Weight: 26.9 Oz Item Length: 6 in Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated

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Ethics of Killing : Problems at the Margins of Life, Paperback by McMahan, Jeff, ISBN 0195169824, ISBN-13 9780195169829, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This magisterial work is the first comprehensive study of the ethics of killing, where the moral status of the individual killed is uncertain. Drawing on philosophical notions of personal identity and the immorality of killing, McMahan looks carefully at a host of practical issues, including
abortion, infanticide, the killing of animals, assisted suicide, and euthanasia.