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"This book is a comprehensive study of the ethics of killing in cases in which the metaphysical or moral status of the individual killed is uncertain or controversial. Among the beings whose status is questionable or marginal in this way are human embryos and fetuses, neonates, animals, anencephalic infants, human beings with severe, congenital, cognitive impairments, and human beings who have become severely demented or irreversibly comatose." "In an attempt to understand the moral status of these beings, Jeff McMahan develops and defends distinctive accounts of the nature of personal identity, the evaluation of death, and the wrongness of killing. He contends that the morality of killing is not unitary; rather, the principles that determine the morality of killing in marginal cases are different from those that govern the killing of persons who are self-conscious and rational."--Jacket.

Murder --- Abortion --- Killing of the elderly --- Killing of the mentally ill --- Euthanasia --- Moral and ethical aspects --- -Aged, Killing of the --- -Insane, Killing of the --- -Euthanasia --- prenatale geneeskunde (foetale geneeskunde) --- spermadonatie (spermadonor) --- pasgeborene (zuigeling, neonatus, pasgeboren kind) --- Insane, Killing of the --- Aged, Killing of the --- Elderly, Killing of the --- Killing of older people --- avortement (interruption de grossesse --- cerveaux --- médecine prénatale (médecine foetale ) --- don de sperme (donneur de sperme) --- mortalité infantile --- nouveau-né --- abortus --- euthanasie (hulp bij zelfdoding) --- foetus --- hersendood --- hersenen --- kindersterfte --- 241.63 --- 241.63 Theologische ethiek: eerbied voor het leven en de waardigheid van de menselijke persoon --- Theologische ethiek: eerbied voor het leven en de waardigheid van de menselijke persoon --- Criminal homicide --- Killing (Murder) --- Homicide --- Mentally ill --- Older people --- euthanasie (suicide assistée) --- mort cérébrale --- Moral and religious aspects --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Abortion, Induced --- Attitude to Death. --- Doden. --- Embryo Research. --- Ethik. --- Ethische aspecten. --- Euthanasie --- Euthanasie. --- Medische ethiek. --- Patient Rights. --- Schwangerschaftsabbruch. --- Tötung. --- Ethics. --- Meurtre --- Avortement --- Personnes âgées --- Malades mentaux --- Aspect moral. --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- General ethics --- Geronticide --- Senecide --- Senicide --- Murder - Moral and ethical aspects --- Abortion - Moral and ethical aspects --- Killing of the elderly - Moral and ethical aspects --- Killing of the mentally ill - Moral and ethical aspects --- Euthanasia - Moral and ethical aspects