
by Jonathan Glover · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140134797

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«Causing Death and Saving Lives» is Jonathan Glover's essay on moral philosophy, published by Penguin in paperback (336 pages, in English).
The book examines the moral conflicts surrounding life-and-death decisions: abortion, infanticide, suicide, euthanasia, capital punishment and war. Glover analyses the arguments for and against ending a life and shows how ethical analysis can illuminate real practical dilemmas and the limits of personal responsibility.
The work was originally published in 1977; the Penguin Books edition identified by this ISBN dates from 1990.
Intended for those interested in practical philosophy and applied ethics, especially debates about life and death.

Jonathan Glover is a British philosopher known for his books and studies on ethics. He currently teaches ethics at King's College London. Glover is a fellow of the Hastings Center, an independent bioethics research institution in the United States, and is a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics.
