Description

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This collection of new essays aims to address some of the most perplexing issues arising from death and dying, as well as the moral status of persons and animals. Leading scholars, including Peter Singer and Gerald Dworkin, investigate diverse topics such as animal rights, vegetarianism, lethal injection, abortion and euthanasia.

About the Author

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GERALD DWORKIN Department of Philosophy, University of California Davis, USA VICKY FRANKS Department of Philosophy, East Tennessee University, USA STAN VAN HOOFT Department of Philosophy, Deakin University, Australia JAMES LENMAN Department of Philosophy, University of Sheffield, UK BRIAN LUKE Researcher TIBOR MACHAN Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, Auburn University, Alabama, USA KATE RAWLES Freelance Lecturer, UK PETER SINGER Department of Philosophy, Princeton University, USA TORBJORN TANNSJO Professor of Practical Philosophy, Stockholm University, Sweden JENNIFER TEICHMAN Emeritus Fellow, New Hall, Cambridge University, UK KAI-YEE WONG Department of Philosophy, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China ANTHONY KWOK-WING YEUNG Department of Philosophy, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China