• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Weighing lives
  • Contributor: Broome, John [Author]
  • Published: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004
  • Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 278 p.); ill
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1093/019924376X.001.0001
  • ISBN: 9780191602900; 0191602906
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  • Keywords: Decision making Moral and ethical aspects ; Values ; Life and death, Power over
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  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
  • Description: Both as individuals and as a society we make choices every day that have an impact on the lives of others. In this text, the author develops a theoretical basis for answering the question of how we weigh our lives against others, particularly regarding the key issues of population growth and economics.