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Life and Death: Grappling with the Moral Dilemmas of Our Time

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Life and Death: Grappling with the Moral Dilemmas of Our Time

By: Louis P. Pojman  

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This single-authored, brief text explores the moral dilemmas in our lives from a philosophical point of view. Society is deeply divided on the matters of life and death discussed in this book: the sanctity of life versus the quality of life; the meaning of death and dying; suicide; euthanasia; abortion; artificial procreation such as in vitro fertilization and cloning; the death penalty; animal rights; world hunger; and war.

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Text Book - Text is informative, easy to understand, and interesting. Anyone taking an Ethics course in college will enjoy using/reading the text.

Customer Review: 2 out of 5
Pojman sucks - The book, at its best, is easy to read for a philosophy book. I have it as a textbook for a Death, Dying, and the Quality of Life class. I am an A student. The concepts Pojman explores are not done justice by his writing. He misses the point in several places, or the view he gives is not widely accepted as accurate. If you are buying this book for pleasure, do yourself a favor and don't. There are plenty more books out there that will satisfy your quest for knowledge. If you are a professor who is considering using this, DON'T. Same reasons.

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