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Jonathan Glover

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Jonathan Glover (born 1941) is a British philosopher known for his studies on bioethics. He was educated in Tonbridge School, later going on to Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He was a fellow and tutor in philosophy at New College, Oxford. He currently teaches ethics at King's College London. Glover is a fellow of the Hastings Center, an independent bioethics research institution in the United States.

In Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century, published in 1999, Glover makes the case for Applied Ethics. He examines the various types of atrocity that were perpetrated in the 20th century and considers what sort of bulwarks there could be against them. He allows that religion has provided bulwarks, which are getting eroded. He ident...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 254 ratings · 29 reviews · 13 distinct works

	Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century 4.22 avg rating — 213 ratings — published 1999 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Causing Death and Saving Lives: The Moral Problems Abortion Infanticide Suicide Euthanasia Capital Punishment Wa 3.59 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1977 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Women, Culture, and Development: A Study of Human Capabilities (Wider Studies in Development Economics) by Jonathan Glover, Martha C. Nussbaum (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Choosing Children: Genes, Disability, and Design 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	My rating:
	What Sort of People Should There Be? 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1984	My rating:
	The Penguin Book of First World War Prose by Jonathan Glover, Jon Silkin (Editor) 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1991	My rating:
	The Penguin Book of First World War Prose 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1990	My rating:
	I: 2the Philosophy and Psychology of Personal Identity 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1990 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Utilitarianism and Its Critics 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1990	My rating:
	Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century, Second Edition 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2012	My rating:

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“Some of the world’s violent conflicts are mainly economic, territorial or tribal. But many seem to come, at least in part, from conflicts between the belief systems of different groups.”
― Jonathan Glover

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“if philosophy develops in the right ways, it might help ease the conflicts between rival dogmatic certainties. But, even if this hope is right, philosophy will never be a quick fix. Its influence is slow, the result of patient questioning and discussion.”
― Jonathan Glover