Rethinking Life and Death: The Collapse of Our Traditional Ethics
Peter Singer
272 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0312144016
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Language: English
Publish: 829551600000
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The new commandments according to Rethinking Life and Death .
–If you must take human life, take responsibility for the consequences of your decisions.
–All human life is not of equal worth; treat beings in accordance to the ethical situation at hand.
–Respect a person’s desire to live or die.
A profound and provocative work, Rethinking Life and Death , in the tradition of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World , examines the ethical dilemmas that confront us as we near the twenty-first century.