Abortion and the Ways We Value Human Life

Informationen zum Autor By Jeffrey Reiman Klappentext In Abortion and the Ways We Value Human Life, Jeffrey Reiman presents a survey of Western attitudes and laws about abortion from Hammurabi's Code to Roe v. Wade, and a critical analysis of all the major philosophical arguments on the issue, pro and con. Zusammenfassung In this survey of Western attitudes and laws about abortion! Jeffrey Reiman argues that an overlooked clue to the solution of the moral problem lies in the unusual way in which we value the lives of individual human beings - namely! that we value them irreplaceably. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Introduction: The Asymmetric Value of Human Life Chapter 2 1 Abortion, From Hammurabi's Code to Roe v. Wade Chapter 3 2 The Main Abortion Arguments and Why They Fail Chapter 4 3 Abortion, Infanticide, and the Ways We Value Human Life Part 5 Index Part 6 About the Author

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• Authors: Jeffrey Reiman, Jeffrey H. Reiman
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.02.1999
• EAN: 9780847692088
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-9208-8
• No. of pages: 138
• Series: 14; Garland Reference Library; 14; Garland Reference Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Ethical issues: abortion & birth control, Ethical issues: abortion and birth control