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Matters of Life and Death

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I read this book with an open mind, ready for anything. I was happily surprised to find that for a book with such political implications the authors remained true to their goal: discovery of the truth. No matter whether you agree with them or not, this book is a valuable tool for anyone. It teaches us how to look objectively and carefully at topics that we often have preconditioned ideas about. If anything, its an excercise in intellectualism. This book gives true meaning to the journey over the destination.

This book is comprised of several essays on heavy subjects. Like war, suicide, death penalty, abortion....I had to buy it as a required reading for my college Ethics class and I had to read almost all of the essays.

Well, I fell in love with this book almost immediatelly, writings are great, a lot of good arguments for and against. I decided to keep this book after class was over and used it at least twice to help me write some more school essays.I could sound educated about issues because of this book gave me different points of view.

Book deals with heavy issues that are hard to decide what is right or wrong, those issues that most people have some feelings about but are not sure what is right or wrong and put the thinking about them aside. Authors of the book make you cross that uncomfortable feeling you have when you are asked about what is your opinion about something complicated and you end up wanting to read farther.

Great read, if you can find it cheap - get it even if nobody is making you buy it for class.