This magisterial work is the first comprehensive study of the ethics of killing, where the moral status of the individual is uncertain or controversial. Drawing on philosophical notions of personal identity and the immorality of killing, McMahan looks carefully at a host of practical issues, including abortion, infanticide, the killing of animals, assisted suicide, and euthanasia.
- ISBN10 1423757645
- ISBN13 9781423757641
- Publish Date December 2002 (first published 28 February 2002)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format eBook
- Language English