New Essays in Applied Ethics

HON LAM LI is Professor of Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, China. ANTHONY KWOK-WING YEUNG is Lecturer in Philosophy at the General Education Centre, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China.

• Contents Acknowledgements Notes on the contributors Introduction; H.Li PART I: Animal Rights Ethics, Animals and Nature P.Singer Rights, Liberation and Interests: Is there a Sound Case for Animal Rights or Liberation T.R.Machan Towards Quasi-vegetarianism H.Li Chapter 4: Love a Duck! Emotions, Animals and Environmental Ethics K.Rawles Men's Hunting and the Disvalue of Natural Predation B.Luke PART II: Personhood Personhood, Humanity and the Right to Life J.Teichman Abortion and the Potential Person Argument A.K.Yeung Ensoulment, Biotechnology and Moral Worth V.Franks Chapter 9: Death and Dualism S.van Hooft PART III: The Ethics of Killing Terminal Sedation: A Swedish Case Study T.Tännsjö Euthanasia, Intentions, and the Doctrine of Killing and Letting Die K.Wong Patients and Prisoners: The Ethics of Lethal Injection G.Dworkin On Becoming Extinct J.Lenman Index