Ethics and humanity: themes from the philosophy of Jonathan Glover

This book pays to tribute to Jonathan Glover, a pioneering figure whose thought and personal influence have had a huge impact on applied philosophy. The papers collected here, written by some of the most distinguished contemporary moral philosophers, reflect the topics to which Glover has contributed. Glover'sreplies to these papers constitute an important addition to his published work. INDICE: About the Contributors; Preface; Part 1: Torture; 1: What Should We Do About Torture? - James Griffin; Part 2: War; 2: The Consequences of War - Thomas Hurka; 3: Humanitarian Intervention, Consent, and Proportionality -Jeff McMahan; Part 3: Ethics, Truth, and Belief; 4: Humanity and the Perils of Perniciously Politicized Science - N. Ann Davis; 5: Social Moral Epistemology and the Tasks of Ethics - Allen Buchanan; 6: The Strains of Dialogue - Richard Keshen; Part 4: Bioethics and Beyond; 7: Humanity and Hyper-Regulation: from Nuremberg to Helsinki - Onora O'Neill; 8: Transhumanity: A Moral Vision of the Twenty-First Century - John Harris; Part 5: Some Silences in Humanity; 9: The Foundations of Humanity - Roger Crisp; 10: Bystanders to Poverty - Peter Singer; 11: Compassion: Human and Animal - Martha Nussbaum; Part 6: Personal; 12: Jonathan Glover - Alan Ryan; Part 7: Responses; 13: A Summing Up - Jonathan Glover

• ISBN: 978-0-19-532519-5
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 302
• Fecha Publicación: 11/02/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés