{"product_id":"beginning-lives-paperback-softback-9780631153283","title":"Beginning Lives (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631153283","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBeginning Lives\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRosalind Hursthouse (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631153283, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 September 1987\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e388 pages\u003cbr\u003e25 x 20 x 1.5 cm, 0.51 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this text book Rosalind Hursthouse examines the complex questions surrounding the morality of abortion. Beginning by discussing the moral status of the foetus, she outlines and criticizes the main philosophical liberal positions on abortion, discussing alsl their bearing on the related issues of ifanticide, foetal research, surrogacy, murder and our treatment of animals. In place of the currently prevailing positions, the author offers a novel approach to these issues based on the recently revived theory of neo-Aristotelianism which emphasizes moral virtues and vices.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eA central element of \u003ci\u003eBeginning Lives\u003c\/i\u003e is its emphasis on the special nature of abortion: its unique relation to the facts of women's pregnancies and hence to our attitudes to childbearing, motherhood, maturity and sexual relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface x \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER ONE Introduction: the issues, their context and strategy 1 1 Preliminaries 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Moral philosophy: what does it yield? 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Morality, legislation and abortion 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER Two The moral status of the fætus 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The conservative view 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The extreme liberal view 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The animal view 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The mixed strategy 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The potentiality view 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Conclusions 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER THREE Trying to prove the fætus does not matter 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 'Person' as opposed to 'human being' 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Speciesism 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Tooley on abortion 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The person view and infanticide 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The person view and other issues 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER FOUR Utilitarianism: abandoning the sanctity of life 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The utilitarian position 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Utilitarianism and animals 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Modifying utilitarianism 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The role of side-effects: a side issue 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER FIVE Women's rights and wrongs 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Thomson's arguments 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Discussion and further criticisms 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Abortion as special 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER SIX Neo-Aristotelianism 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The theory outlined 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The theory applied to animals 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The theory applied to aliens 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER SEVEN What is wrong with utilitarianism 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. What morality requires 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Benevolence and the other virtues 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER EIGHT The special position of women 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The average woman 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Bearing children as intrinsically worthwhile 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 What morality requires 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Benevolence and the other virtues 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHAPTER EIGHT The special position of women 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The average woman 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Bearing children as intrinsically worthwhile 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Surrogacy 318\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Abortion 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAPPENDIX ONE Human development 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAPPENDIX Two Methods of abortion 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAPPENDIX THREE Methods of overcoming APPENDIX FOUR infertility 346\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Warnock Report' 352\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 356\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 359\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501362999576,"sku":"9780631153283","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631153283.jpg?v=1786233831","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/beginning-lives-paperback-softback-9780631153283","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}