Ethics At the Beginning of Life - A Phenomenological Critique

Zusatztext [Mumford] offers fresh arguments about how we relate to unborn and new-born human beings! challenging accepted ethical arguments and insisting that we look afresh at the assumptions we have made about abortion and the status of the unborn person. Klappentext Many declare the debate about abortion to be hopelessly polarised, between conservatives and liberals, between forces religious and secular. In this book Mumford upends this received wisdom and challenges consensus, arguing that many dominant attitudes and argument fail to take into account the particular way human beings 'emerge' in the world. Zusammenfassung Many declare the debate about abortion to be hopelessly polarised, between conservatives and liberals, between forces religious and secular. In this book Mumford upends this received wisdom and challenges consensus, arguing that many dominant attitudes and argument fail to take into account the particular way human beings 'emerge' in the world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction I 1: Phenomenology and Human Emergence 2: Encounters Idealised 3: Context Neglected II 4: Grounds for Recognition 5: Justifications of Force III 6: An Alternative Basis for Human Rights

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• Authors: Mumford, James Mumford, James (Formerly University of Oxford) Mumford
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.06.2015
• EAN: 9780198745051
• ISBN: 978-0-19-874505-1
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics; Oxford Studies in Theological Ethics; Oxford Studies in Theological
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works