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The Worth of a Child
Thomas H. Murray
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Hardback. Deals with one of the most morally complex areas of everyday life: the relationship between parents and children. This work aims to reflect on the moral perplexities of ordinary life and ordinary people. It states that ethical theory needs a richer description than it now has of the moral life of parents and children. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JFSP2; JHBK; JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Thomas Murray's graceful and humane book illuminates one of the most morally complex areas of everyday life: the relationship between parents and children. What do children mean to their parents, and how far do parental obligations go? What, from the beginning of life to its end, is the worth of a child? Ethicist Murray leaves the rarefied air of abstract moral philosophy in order to reflect on the moral perplexities of ordinary life and ordinary people. Observing that abstract moral terms such as altruism and selfishness can be buried in the everyday doings of families, he maintains that ethical theory ... Read more
Thomas Murray's graceful and humane book illuminates one of the most morally complex areas of everyday life: the relationship between parents and children. What do children mean to their parents, and how far do parental obligations go? What, from the beginning of life to its end, is the worth of a child? Ethicist Murray leaves the rarefied air of abstract moral philosophy in order to reflect on the moral perplexities of ordinary life and ordinary people. Observing that abstract moral terms such as altruism and selfishness can be buried in the everyday doings of families, he maintains that ethical theory ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520088368
SKU
V9780520088368
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About Thomas H. Murray
Thomas H. Murray is Director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics, School of Medicine, Case Western University. He is the editor of Feeling Good and Doing Better (1984), and Which Babies Shall Live? (1985).
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