"To Live and To Die: When, Why, and How" - Brossura

Williams, R.H.

 
9780387900971: "To Live and To Die: When, Why, and How"
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ISBN 10: 0387900977 ISBN 13: 9780387900971
Casa editrice: Springer, 2013

Sinossi

In the 1960's marked changes occurred throughout the world in philosophies and policies related to man's role in life. There are drugs to speed us up, slow us down, make us sleep, change our perspectives on life, promote propagation of life or prevent it, prolong life or terminate it, and modify the course of life in many ways.

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Contenuti

1 Prologue.- 2 Metabolism, Mentation, and Behavior.- 3 Body, Mind, and Soul.- 4 On the Origin of Life.- 5 Genetic Engineering: Present and Future.- 6 The Climax of World Population Growth.- 7 Propagation, Modification, and Termination of Life: Contraception, Abortion, Suicide, Euthanasia.- 8 An Alternative to the Ethic of Euthanasia.- 9 Ethics and Euthanasia.- 10 Ethical and Moral Problems in the Use of Artificial and Transplanted Organs.- 11 Management of the Sick with Kindness, Compassion, Wisdom, and Efficiency.- 12 Life and Death: Lessons from the Dying.- 13 The Here and the Hereafter: Reflections on Tragedy and Comedy in Human Existence.- 14 Too Many and Too Few Limitations for Children.- 15 Careers and Living.- 16 Advantages and Disadvantages of Technological Achievements.- 17 Causes and Effects of Excessive Fears, Anxieties, and Frustrations.- 18 Causes and Management of Current Anxieties and Frustrations in Universities.- 19 The Social and Psychiatric Aspects of Psychotropic Drug Use.- 20 Causes and Management of Criminals: Psychiatric Aspects.- 21 The Criminal Justice System: Crimes, Criminal Processes, and Sentencing.- 22 Some Major Guides for Laws.- 23 Psychosocial and Religious Aspects of Medical Ethics.- 24 Marriage: Whence and Whither?.- 25 Changing Views on Homosexuality, Transvestism, and Transsexualism.- 26 Equality and Inequality: Facts and Values.- 27 Epilogue.

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Editore
Springer
Data di pubblicazione
2013
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0387900977
ISBN 13 
9780387900971
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
372
Contatto del produttore
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ISBN 10:  3642952402 ISBN 13:  9783642952401
Casa editrice: Springer, 2012
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