Life and death decisions

Issues of Life and Death such as abortion, assisted suicide, capital punishment and others are among the most contentious in many societies. Whose rights are protected? How do these rights and protections change over time and who makes those decisions? Based on the author' s award-winning and hugely popular undergraduate course at the University of Texas, this book explores these questions and the fundamentally sociological processes which underlie the quest for morality and justice in human societies. The Author' s goal is not to advocate...

שנה

2013

שפה

English

סדרה

Contemporary sociological perspectives

הוצאה

Routledge

מהדורות

1

עמודים

157

ISBN

9780415662918

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