Taking Life: Three Theories on the Ethics of Killing - Torbjorn Tannsjo - Books - Oxford University Press Inc - 9780190225575 - September 24, 2015
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Taking Life: Three Theories on the Ethics of Killing

Torbjorn Tannsjo

Taking Life: Three Theories on the Ethics of Killing

When is it right to kill? Three ethical theories are examined, deontology, a moral rights theory, and utilitarianism. The implications of each theory are worked out for different kinds of killing. In the final analysis, utilitarianism can best account for our considered intuitions about these kinds of killing.


330 pages, 1 illustration

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released September 24, 2015
ISBN13 9780190225575
Publishers Oxford University Press Inc
Pages 330
Dimensions 218 × 145 × 23 mm   ·   502 g

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