The Life and Death Debate: Moral Issues of Our Time

by Norman L. Geisler, J Moreland

Overview

This work is an introductory treatment of issues and options in social and bioethics which center on the end of life. Moreland and Geisler have attempted to simplify and summarize various end-of-life topics without being simplistic or caricaturing different viewpoints, even though the authors' own viewpoints are made perfectly clear. A comprehensive bibliography, glossary, and subject and author index make this a valuable textbook as well as a resource for further study.

The major purpose of this book is to make the reader think more clearly and deeply about the important issues discussed between its covers. Beginning the work is an essay that introduces the dilemma of ethical decisions. The following chapters separately discuss the situations of abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, suicide, capital punishment, and war. The discussion concludes with a chapter of practical and theoretical guidance for making ethical decisions. A glossary, subject index, author index, and selected bibliography for each chapter make this a valuable text. This important work will not only appeal to experienced philosophers, but also to students of moral philosophy, theology, and ethics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313275562
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/09/1990
Series:	Contributions in Philosophy , #43
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

J.P. MORELAND is Professor of Philosophy at Biola University, La Mirada, California. He is the author of such books as Universals, Qualities, and Quality Instances, Scaling the Secular City, Christianity and the Nature of Science, and Does God Exist?: The Great Debate.

NORMAN L. GEISLER is Professor of Philosophy at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. He is the author of Ethics: Alternatives and Issues, Philosophy of Religion, Miracles and Modern Thought, and Worlds Apart.

Table of Contents

Introduction: What are Ethical Decisions?
Issues in Normative Ethics
Abortion
Infanticide
Euthanasia
Suicide
Capital Punishment
War
Conclusion: How to Make Ethical Decisions
Glossary
Index