description: Can killing an embryo for genetic reasons be justified? How long should we prolong the lives of people in vegetative states? Does a person who is clinically brain dead still have legal rights? In this 1995 Australian National Book Award winner, philosopher Peter Singer explores these and other questions in a major reexamination of the meaning of life and death--under the spotlight of 21st-century technology.
language: English
title: Rethinking Life and Death: The Collapse of Our Traditional Ethics
titlecomplete: Rethinking Life and Death: The Collapse of Our Traditional Ethics
genres: Medicine, Sociology, Politics, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Medical, Cultural
ratings_count: 355
publisher: DIANE Publishing Company