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Doing and Allowing Harm
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: Fiona Woollard
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-08 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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Doing harm seems much harder to justify than merely allowing harm. If a boulder is rushing towards Bob, you may refuse to save Bob's life by driving your car in
Doing and Allowing Harm
Language: en
Pages: 257
Authors: Fiona Woollard
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Fiona Woollard presents an original defence of the Doctrine of Doing and Allowing, according to which doing harm seems much harder to justify than merely allowi
Killing and Letting Die
Language: en
Pages: 462
Authors: Bonnie Steinbock
Categories: Family & Relationships
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994 - Publisher: Fordham Univ Press

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This collection contains twenty-one thought-provoking essays on the controversies surrounding the moral and legal distinctions between euthanasia and "letting d
Responding to Global Poverty
Language: en
Pages: 273
Authors: Christian Barry
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-11-10 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book explores whether affluent people in the developed world have stringent responsibilities to help fight poverty abroad.
Intricate Ethics
Language: en
Pages: 520
Authors: F.M. Kamm
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-09-18 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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"Reading F.M. Kamm's latest book is like watching a brilliant astronomer map an uncharted galaxy--the meticulousness and the display of mental stamina must insp