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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Paterson, Craig, 1965- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate c2008.
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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Justifications for suicide, assisted suicide and euthanasia
  • A revised natural law ethics
  • The good of human life
  • Suicide, assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia
  • Non-voluntary and involuntary euthanasia
  • State intervention and the common good.