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Harming Future Persons
Language: en
Pages: 371
Authors: Melinda A. Roberts
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-07-31 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

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Melinda A. Roberts and David T. Wasserman 1 Purpose of this Collection What are our obligations with respect to persons who have not yet, and may not ever, come
The Non-identity Problem and the Ethics of Future People
Language: en
Pages: 321
Authors: David Boonin
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014 - Publisher:

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David Boonin presents a new account of the non-identity problem: a puzzle about our obligations to people who do not yet exist. Our actions sometimes have an ef
Climate Matters: Ethics in a Warming World (Norton Global Ethics Series)
Language: en
Pages: 225
Authors: John Broome
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-07-23 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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A vital new moral perspective on the climate change debate. Esteemed philosopher John Broome avoids the familiar ideological stances on climate change policy an
Doing and Allowing Harm
Language: en
Pages: 257
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
Child Versus Childmaker
Language: en
Pages: 266
Authors: Melinda A. Roberts
Categories: Cloning
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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Child Versus Childmaker investigates a 'person-affecting' approach to ethical choice. A form of consequentialism, this approach is intended to capture the idea
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