Making Mortal Choices
Three Exercises in Moral Casuistry
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Published:8th May '97
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Bedau demonstrates the usefulness of 'casuistry', or 'the method of cases' in arriving at moral decisions. He examines well-known cases that compel us to consider questions about who ought to survive when not all can. By doing so, we learn something about how we actually reason concerning such life and death situations, as well as about how we ought to reason if we wish both to be consistent and properly respect human life.
This is a book which can be recommended as a graphic and colourful way in which to approach ethical theory and the problem of making difficult moral choices * MIND, Vol.110, No.439 *
"The essays do an excellent job of motivating deep philosophical thought and exhibiting the worth of philosophical reflection. In addition they deepen the reader's understanding of both life and death choices and various important moral principles."--Stephen Nathanson, Northwestern University.
ISBN: 9780195108774
Dimensions: 149mm x 225mm x 15mm
Weight: 340g
136 pages