vbid/9783031071836

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In this book, Christian Erk examines the ethical (im)permissibility of killing human��beings in general and of selected killings in particular, namely suicide, lethal selfdefence,�abortion and euthanasia, as well as organ transplantation and assisted�suicide. He does so by addressing a range of important ethical questions: What�does it mean to act? Of what elements is an action comprised? What is the�difference between a good or evil action and a permissible or impermissible�action? How can we determine whether an action is good or evil? Is there a moral�duty not to kill? Is this duty held by and against all human beings or only persons?�What and who is a person? What is human dignity and who has it? What is it that�is actually taken when somebody is killed, i.e. what is life? And closely related to�that: What and when is death? By integrating the answers to these questions into�an argumentative architecture, the book offers a comprehensive exploration of�one of the most fundamental questions of mankind: Under which conditions, if�any, is killing human beings ethically permissible?Typham this is the title: The Ethics of Killing Life, Death and Human Nature