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| Death: Death is the cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. It is the end of the life cycle._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Thomas Aquinas on Death - Dictionary of Arguments
Singer I 76 Death/killing/Thomas Aquinas/Peter Singer: according to Thomas Aquinas, killing a human being is a sin against God in the sense that killing a slave is a sin against its owner. On the other hand, God gave the animals to the humans at their disposal.(1) >Humans, >Animals, >Ethics, >Morals. 1. Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologica, II, ii, 64, art._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
SingerP I Peter Singer Practical Ethics (Third Edition) Cambridge 2011 SingerP II P. Singer The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically. New Haven 2015 |
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