What is a Person?: An Ethical Exploration
- ISBN-10
- 0252022785
- ISBN-13
- 9780252022784
- Series
- What is a Person?
- Category
- Anencephaly
- Pages
- 187
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Author
- James William Walters
Description
By providing a much-needed religious/philosophical context for the discussion - examining contemporary thinking on just what constitutes valuable life - Walters broadens his inquiry beyond the human to include other animals and also deals with the phenomenon of anencephalic infants, those who are born without higher brains.
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- 2019-12-19
- 296 pages
- Paperback
- Cambridge University Press
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- 2011-11-30
- 529 pages
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- University of Chicago Press
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- 2010-09-15
- 544 pages
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