Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 136 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners.

Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 136 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners.

Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0195108787; Paper Covers. Binding and contents are

Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0195108787; Paper Covers. Binding and contents are almost like new.; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION. 8-1/8" Tall, IX + 123pp. PAPER COVERS. Cover is considerably lighter than posterboard. PHILOSOPHY. "With seawater crashing over the gunwhales, only a lightening of the human cargo would keep the lifeboat afloat. In a procedure that took much of the night, fourteen men and two women were consigned to watery graves. This notorioius event, aftermath to the sinking of the WILLIAM BROWN in 1841, represents a shocking example of life and death decision-making, a case where cruel circumstance would seem to argue the permissibility of taking innocent human life. IN MAKING MORTAL CHOICES, philosoplher Bedau examines this case as well as two similar cases of hupothetical origin, generating a remarkably clear and accessible demonstration of philosophical reasoning in cases where it must be decided who ought to servive when not all can. The book illuminates not only how we reason in life and death situations, but also how we ought to reason if we wish both to be consistent and to properly respect human life. " Index. Just as the body needs food, the soul needs books.