Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-521-58246-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 381 g

Reihe: For and Against

The moral issues involved in doctors assisting patients to die with dignity are of absolutely central concern to the medical profession, ethicists, and the public at large. The debate is fuelled by cases that extend far beyond passive euthanasia to the active consideration of killing by physicians. The need for a sophisticated but lucid exposition of the two sides of the argument is now urgent. This book supplies that need. Two prominent philosophers, Gerald Dworkin and R. G. Frey present the case for legalization of physician-assisted suicide. One of the best-known ethicists in the US, Sissela Bok, argues the case against.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dworkin, Gerald

Frey, R. G.

Bok, Sissela

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. 1. Gerald Dworkin and R. G. Frey; 2. The nature of medicine; 3. Distinctions in death; 4. The fear of a slippery slope; 5. You should not act justly now …; Part II: 6. Sissela Bok; 7. Choosing death and taking life; 8. Suicide; 9. Euthanasia; 10. Physician-assisted suicide.