Essays on Bioethics [Hardcover]

R. M. Hare (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0198239831 | ISBN-13: 978-0198239833 | Publication Date: August 26, 1993

R.M. Hare is well known both for his fundamental work in ethical theory and for his applications of it to practical issues. For this volume he has selected the best of his writings on medical ethics and related topics. The book's chief theoretical interest lies in its synthesis between utilitarian and Kantian ethics, which are shown to have the same practical consequences. The main practical thesis in the book is that we can harm possible people by preventing them from becoming actual people. This thesis, if understood and accepted, would radically alter the terms of the public debate about embryo experimentation and population policy, and (perhaps surprisingly) support a fairly liberal view on abortion. There are also general introductions to medical and psychiatric ethics, and essays on the concept of health, on the morality of experimentation on children, on health care policy, on free will, and on vegetarianism.

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About the Author

R. M. Hare, FBA, is one of the most influential moral philosophers of the twentieth century. He was White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford from 1966 to 1983, and Graduate Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of Florida, Gainesville, thereafter. His many publications include The Language of Morals (1952) Freedom and Reason (1963) Moral Thinking (1981) Plato (1982) Essays in Ethical Theory (1989) Essays on Political Morality (1989) and Essays on Religion and Education (1992) all published by Oxford University Press --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 264 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (August 26, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198239831
• ISBN-13: 978-0198239833
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds

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