Kantian Perspectives on Issues in Ethics and Bioethics

✍ Scribed by Lina Papadaki

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Year: 2019
Tongue: English
Leaves: 139
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

This book provides an analysis of major ethical and bioethical issues like euthanasia, suicide, organ commerce and donation, sexual objectification, and abortion from the perspective of Kants moral theory. It deals with questions such as: Is the person who decides to commit suicide autonomous? Is euthanasia compatible with respect for humanity and dignity? Can a persons choice to sell one of her kidneys be free? Does the prostitute reduce herself to a mere sexual object through satisfying her clients desires? Can the fetus potential for rational agency constitute an argument against abortion? Without doubt, Kants is one of the most important moral theories. The task of applying it to issues that concern us today leaves us with a sense of satisfaction that it has a lot to offer to contemporary philosophical thought.

✦ Table of Contents

Table Of Contents
Introduction
Chapter One Humanity: What Is Involved In Treating It Merely As A Means?!
Chapter Two Euthanasia
Chapter Three Sexual Objectification: The Problem!
Chapter Four Sexual Objectification: Suggested Solutions!
Chapter Five Organ Commerce And Donatiow
Chapter Six Abortiow
Epilogue Respecting Humanity:
Complex Issue
Bibliography

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