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Pavadinimas: RIGHTS, RESTITUTION, & RISK ESSAYS IN MORAL THEORY
Autoriai: Edited by WILLIAM PARENT JUDITH JARVIS THOMPSON
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ISBN: 0-674-76981-3
Brūkšninis kodas: 4202170
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     "These essays are distinguished examples of analytical philosophy: clear, highly intelligent, and scrupulously argued. The presentation is forceful, and several pieces speak directly to important matters matters of general concern, such as abortion and positive discrimination. Thomson`s use of examples is particularly striking. They are starkly presented, and notably unsentimental. Some may find the tone heartless. That effect is not unintentional, and the very bare and the very bare and unapologetic presentation is designed to shock the reader into reflection. Her work reaches towards morally adventurous conclusions, and is impatient of many received pieties."
Bernard Williams

Editor`s preface vii
1 A defence of abortion 1
2 Rights and deaths 20
3 Self-defense and rights 33
4 Some ruminations on rights 49
5 Rights and compensation 66
6 Killing, letting die, and the trolley problem 78
7 The trolley problem 94
8 The right to privacy 117
9 Preferential hiring 135
10 Some questions about government regulation of behavior 154
11 Imposing risks 173
12 Remarks on causation and liability 192
13 Liability and individualized evidence 225
Afterword 251
Sources 263
Index 265