Assisted suicide and euthanasia a natural law ethics approach
"As medical technology advances and severely injured or ill people can be kept alive and functioning long beyond what was previously medically possible, the debate surrounding the ethics of end-of-life care and quality-of-life issues has grown more urgent. In this lucid and vigorous new book, C...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate
c2008.
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| Edición: | First edition |
| Colección: | Live questions in ethics and moral philosophy.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009797974606719 |
| Sumario: | "As medical technology advances and severely injured or ill people can be kept alive and functioning long beyond what was previously medically possible, the debate surrounding the ethics of end-of-life care and quality-of-life issues has grown more urgent. In this lucid and vigorous new book, Craig Paterson discusses assisted suicide and euthanasia from a fully fledged but non-dogmatic secular natural law perspective. He rehabilitates and revitalises the natural law approach to moral reasoning by developing a pluralistic account of just why we are required by practical rationality to respect and not violate key demands generated by the primary goods of persons, especially human life. Important issues that shape the moral quality of an action are explained and analysed: intention/foresight; action/omission; action/consequences; killing/letting die; innocence/non-innocence; and, person/non-person. Paterson defends the central normative proposition that 'it is always a serious moral wrong to intentionally kill an innocent human person, whether self or another, notwithstanding any further appeal to consequences or motive'."--Provided by publisher. |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 217 p. ; 24cm |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-209) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781351575089 9781315096766 9781351575072 9781281332752 9780754657460 9786611332754 9780754692959 |
