{"product_id":"who-count-as-persons-human-identity-and-the-ethics-of-killing-paperback","title":"Who Count as Persons?: Human Identity and the Ethics of Killing - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn F. Kavanaugh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust what is a human being? Who counts? The answers to these questions are crucial when one is faced with the ethical issue of taking human life. In this affirmation of the intrinsic personal dignity and inviolability of every human individual, John Kavanaugh, S. J., denies that it can ever be moral to intentionally kill another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday in every corner of the world men and women are willing to kill others in the name of \"realism\" and under the guise of race, class, quality of life, sex, property, nationalism, security, or religion. We justify these killings by either excluding certain humans from our definition of personhood or by invoking a greater good or more pressing value.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKavanaugh contends that neither alternative is acceptable. He formulates an ethics that opposes the intentional killing not only of medically \"marginal\" humans but also of depersonalized or criminalized enemies. Offering a philosophy of the person that embraces the undeveloped, the wounded, and the dying, he proposes ways to recover a personal ethical stance in a global society that increasingly devalues the individual.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKavanaugh discusses the work of a range of philosophers, artists, and activists from Richard Rorty and S ren Kierkegaard to Albert Camus and Woody Allen, from Mother Teresa to Jack Kevorkian. His approach is in stark contrast to that of writer Peter Singer and others who believe that not all human life has intrinsic moral worth. It will challenge philosophers, students of ethics, and anyone concerned about the depersonalization of contemporary life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn F. Kavanaugh, SJ\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ea professor of philosophy at Saint Louis University, is author of \u003ci\u003eFollowing Christ in a Consumer Society\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Word Embodied\u003c\/i\u003e. He writes the \"Ethics Notebook\" column for the publication America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 9 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 23, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52715310022963,"sku":"9780878408375","price":66.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/OEVTeFNyU1hyMS80WFR4b01EZXhIUT09.webp?v=1763600416","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/who-count-as-persons-human-identity-and-the-ethics-of-killing-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}