The right to life and conflicting interests / Elizabeth Wicks.
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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Table of Contents:
- An introduction to the meaning of life
- The right to life : religious, philosophical, and legal origins
- The enforcement of the right to life
- The right to life in times of war or armed conflict
- The right to life and prevention of crime : killing by the state as punishment and/or deterrence
- The right to life and conflicting rights of others
- The right to life and autonomy
- The right to life and the quality of life
- Protecting the right to life with limited public resources
- Conclusion : the right to life and conflicting interests.