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Author Reeder, John P., 1937-

Title Killing and saving : abortion, hunger, and war / John P. Reeder, Jr.

Publication Info. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [1996]
©1996

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  179.7 R327K    Check Shelf
Description viii, 237 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [204]-227) and index.
Contents 1. The Right Not to Be Killed and the Right to Be Saved. Killing and Letting Die. The Right Not to Be Killed and the Right to Be Saved. Thomson on Abortion. The Precedence of the Right Not to Be Killed. Objections and Replies. The Starving: Letting Die and Killing -- 2. Yielding and Nothing Is Lost. Yielding. Potholing and Proleptic Yielding. Brigands and Tyrants. Judicial Punishment of the Innocent. Nothing Is Lost. Whom to Kill. Collaboration with Tyranny -- 3. The Pursuer. Aiding and Protecting. Voluntary Aggression. Are Soldiers Voluntary Aggressors? Nonvoluntary and Involuntary Pursuit -- 4. Double Effect. Donagan's Critique of Double Effect. A Moral Critique. Thomson's Trolley Doctrine. Trolleys and Wars. Problems of Application. Objections. At Least a Prima Facie Right -- 5. Absolutism. What Is Absolutism? Supreme Emergency. Objections. Nothing Is Lost and Proleptic Agreement. The Intervening Action. Fiat Justitia, Ruat Caelum.
Subject Right to life.
Assistance in emergencies -- Law and legislation.
ISBN 0271010282 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780271010281 (cloth : acid-free paper)
0271010290 (paper : acid-free paper)
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0271024887
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