Kleinig, John. creator text Electronic books. nju Princeton Princeton University Press 2014 monographic eng

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1 online resource (305 pages). Abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, war, genetic engineering and fetal experimentation, environmental and animal rights--these topics inspire some of today's most heated public controversies. And it is fashionable to pursue these debates in terms of the negative query ""Under what conditions may life be disregarded or terminated?"" John Kleinig asks a different, more positive question: What may be said in behalf of life? Looking at the full range of appeals to life's value, he considers a variety of issues. Is livingness as such to be affirmed and respected? Is there an ascending orde. Cover; Review; Review; Genetic Engineering; Review. Life Life (Biology) PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy Life Life (Biology) BD431 179.1 Kleinig, John. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2014 9781400862283 1400862280 22573/ctt737g8h JSTOR http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=1700347 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7ztqkh http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=791039 http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=1700347 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7ztqkh http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=791039 EBLCP 140719 20200709060138.0 ocn884012950 eng