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Preface and Acknowledgements | |
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Abortion | |
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The Problem of Abortion Today | |
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The Basic Argument and Some Responses | |
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Sentience: A Bad Argument Against Abortion | |
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A Return to the Basic Argument | |
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Objection from Brain Activity | |
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Objection from Sorites Paradoxes | |
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Objection from Begging the Question | |
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Objection from Sperm and Egg | |
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Objection from Fission and Totipotency | |
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Objection from Cloning and Parthenogenesis | |
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A Feminist Argument for Abortion | |
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The Foetus, the Person and the Person | |
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Abortion, the Law and the Public Good - a Concluding Note | |
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'I Personally Disapprove of Abortion But Would Not Impose my Opinion on Other People | |
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''It is Not the Business of the Law to Interfere with Such a Difficult Decision | |
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'The 'Backstreet' Objection | |
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Conclusion | |
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Euthanasia | |
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Introduction | |
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Varieties of Euthanasia | |
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Voluntary Euthanasia and Autonomy | |
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Non-Voluntary Euthanasia and 'Quality of Life' | |
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Active and Passive Euthanasia | |
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Ordinary and Extraordinary Means | |
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Euthanasia, Death and 'Brain Death' | |
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Euthanasia and Nazism | |
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Animals | |
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The Problem | |
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The Conditions for Rights - What They Are Not | |
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Consciousness | |
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Beliefs and Desires | |
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Language. Self-Consciousness | |
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Action in Pursuit of Desires and Goals | |
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The Conditions for Rights - What They Are | |
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Knowledge of Purpose | |
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Free Will | |
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Two Dilemmas for the View that Animals Have Rights | |
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So How Should we Treat Animals? | |
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Capital Punishment | |
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A Conflict? | |
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Punishment - General Principles | |
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Capital Punishment - the Argument | |
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Objections. What if an Innocent Person is Executed? | |
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Capital Punishment is Irreversible | |
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Capital Punishment is not a Deterrent | |
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Capital Punishment is Just State-Sanctioned Murder | |
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Capital Punishment is Cruel and Inhuman | |
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What about Mercy and Compassion? | |
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Capital Punishment Fails to Respect Persons | |
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Concluding Remarks on Hypocrisy | |
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War | |
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Some Questions | |
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War, Pacifism and Self-Defence | |
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Self-Defence - Basic Principles | |
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Going to War | |
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Basic Principles of the Just War | |
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Just Cause | |
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Questions about the Justice of the Cause | |
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Conduct During War | |
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Globalism | |
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Notes and Further Reading | |