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.
Discussing themes like euthanasia, vegetative state, embryo repair and fetal transplant, Singer produces a new definition of life--contrasting a world that depended on sheer biological maintenance to one totally controlled by state-of-the-art medical technology.
| Prologue | ||
| 1 | Birth After Death | |
| 2 | How Death Was Redefined | |
| 3 | Dr Shann's Dilemma | |
| 4 | Tony Bland and the Sanctity of Human Life | |
| 5 | Uncertain Beginnings | |
| 6 | Making Quality of Life Judgments | |
| 7 | Asking For Death | |
| 8 | Beyond the Discontinuous Mind | |
| 9 | In Place of the Old Ethic | |
| Notes | ||
| Bibliography | ||
| Index |
Overview
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 ...