Rethinking life and death : the collapse of our traditional ethics

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Title:

Rethinking life and death : the collapse of our traditional ethics

Author:

Singer, Peter, 1946-

ISBN:

9780312144012

Personal Author:

Singer, Peter, 1946-

Publication Information:

New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 1996.

Physical Description:

p. cm.

General Note:

Previously published: New York : St. Martin's, 1995.

Contents:

Birth after death -- How death was redefined -- Dr.Shann's dilemma -- Tony Bland and the sanctity of human life -- Uncertain beginnings -- Making quality of life judgments -- Asking for death -- Beyond the discontinuous mind -- In place of the old ethic.

Subject Term:

Medical ethics.

Life.

Death.

Electronic Access:

Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol056/96003653.html
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol055/96003653.html

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Summary

The new commandments according to Rethinking Life and Death .
--If you must take human life, take responsibility for the consequences of your decisions.
--All human life is not of equal worth; treat beings in accordance to the ethical situation at hand.
--Respect a person's desire to live or die.
A profound and provocative work, Rethinking Life and Death , in the tradition of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World , examines the ethical dilemmas that confront us as we near the twenty-first century.