Two puzzles for deontologists: Life-prolonging killings and the moral symmetry between killing and causing a person to be unconscious

Journal of Ethics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 385-410

  Lippert Rasmussen, Kasper ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Action theory; Constraints; Deontology; Jeff McMahan; Morality of killing; Respect for persons; Sanctity of life doctrine

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950098661     PISSN: 13824554     EISSN: 15728609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013949529483     Document Type: Article

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