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Price: $81.50

Format:
Hardback 336 pp.
6.4" x 9.4"

ISBN-10:
0195325192

ISBN-13:
9780195325195

Publication date:
March 2010

Imprint: OUP US

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Ethics and Humanity

Themes from the Philosophy of Jonathan Glover

Edited by N. Ann Davis, Richard Keshen and Jeff McMahan

Ethics and Humanity pays to tribute to Jonathan Glover, a pioneering figure whose thought and personal influence have had a significant impact on applied philosophy. In topics that include genetic engineering, abortion, euthanasia, war, and moral responsibility, Glover has made seminal contributions. The papers collected here, written by some of the most distinguished contemporary moral philosophers, address topics to which Glover has contributed, with particular emphasis on problems of conflict discussed in his book, Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century. There are also moving testaments to the influence Glover has had on colleagues, students, and friends. Glover himself contributes a series of fine replies, which constitute an important addition to his published work.

Readership : Suitable for moral philosophers, students and professors, and laypeople interested in moral philosophy.

About the Contributors
Preface
Part 1: Torture
1. James Griffin: What Should We Do About Torture?
Part 2: War
2. Thomas Hurka: The Consequences of War
3. Jeff McMahan: Humanitarian Intervention, Consent, and Proportionality
Part 3: Ethics, Truth, and Belief
4. N. Ann Davis: Humanity and the Perils of Perniciously Politicized Science
5. Allen Buchanan: Social Moral Epistemology and the Tasks of Ethics
6. Richard Keshen: The Strains of Dialogue
Part 4: Bioethics and Beyond
7. Onora O'Neill: Humanity and Hyper-Regulation: from Nuremberg to Helsinki
8. John Harris: Transhumanity: A Moral Vision of the Twenty-First Century
Part 5: Some Silences in Humanity
9. Roger Crisp: The Foundations of Humanity
10. Peter Singer: Bystanders to Poverty
11. Martha Nussbaum: Compassion: Human and Animal
Part 6: Personal
12. Alan Ryan: Jonathan Glover
Part 7: Responses
13. Jonathan Glover: A Summing Up

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N. Ann Davis is Professor of Philosophy at Pomona College. Richard Keshen is a member of the Department of Philosophy at Cape Breton University, Nova Scotia, Canada. Jeff McMahan is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University.

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Special Features

  • Contributions from distinguished contemporary moral philosophers.
  • Celebration of a central figure in applied philosophy.