David Lamb

Down the Slippery Slope (eBook, ePUB)

Arguing in Applied Ethics

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A `slippery slope' argument in medical ethics is one that opposes itself to a new proposal on the grounds that it is not per se intolerable but will lead to a situation that is. Lamb evaluates such arguments, demonstrating their centrality to the subject.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135779153
• Artikelnr.: 47892309

Autorenporträt

David Lamb

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 The Slippery Slope Argument
Chapter 2 It Started from Small Beginnings
Chapter 3 The Sanctity of Life
Chapter 4 The Contagiousness of Killing
Chapter 5 Voluntary Euthanasia
Chapter 6 The Right to Refuse Treatment
Chapter 7 Beneficient Euthanasia
Chapter 8 Cost-Benefit Arguments
Chapter 9 In Vitro Fertilisation, Genetic Engineering, and the Slippery Slope
Chapter 10 Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy and the Slippery Slope
Chapter 11 Conclusion