James Rachels

James Rachels (* May 30, 1941 in Columbus, Georgia, † September 5, 2003 in Birmingham, Alabama) was an American moral philosopher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

His positions included a moral obligation to vegetarianism and animal rights position, affirmative action, euthanasia and the idea that parents can not justify to prefer their own children, trade-offs against other children. Meta-ethical designated Rachel 's position as " präferenzutilitaristisch ".

Work

  • James Rachels, Stuart Rachels: The Truth About the World: Basic Readings in Philosophy. McGraw- Hill Higher Education, Boston 2008, ISBN 9,780,073,386,614th
  • James Rachels: Ethical Theory: Theories About how we Should Live. Oxford University Press, 1998, ISBN 978-0-19-875186-1.
  • James Rachels: Can Ethics Provide Answers: And Other Essays in Moral Philosophy. Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, 1997, ISBN 0847683478th
  • James Rachels: Created From Animals. Oxford University Press, 1990, ISBN 0,192,177,753th
  • James Rachels, Stuart Rachels: The Right Thing to Do: Basic Readings in Moral Philosophy. Random House, 1989, ISBN 0073407402nd
  • James Rachels: The End of Life: euthanasia and morality. Oxford University Press, 1986, ISBN 0192860704th
  • James Rachels, Stuart Rachels: The Elements of Moral Philosophy. Random House, 1986, ISBN 0078038243rd
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