Ethical issues in suicide

著者

• Battin, M. Pabst

書誌事項

Ethical issues in suicide

Margaret Pabst Battin

Prentice-Hall, c1995

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Courses: Death & Dying, Medical or Bio-Ethics, Introduction to Ethics. Using an exceptionally clear and easily readable style, this text provides a broad, systematic, and comprehensive exploration of both historical and contemporary argumentation concerning suicide. It probes the underlying ethical, religious and philosophical issues about self-caused death, and shows how they are crucial in the current debate.

目次

Introduction: Suicide-The Current View. I. TRADITIONAL ARGUMENTS CONCERNING SUICIDE. 1. Religious Views of Suicide. 2. The Social Arguments Concerning Suicide. 3. Suicide and the Value of Life. II. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN SUICIDE. 4. The Concept of Rational Suicide. 5. Paternalism and Suicide. 6. Suicide and Rights. 7. Physician-Assisted Suicide. Conclusion: Suicide and Moral Rules. Index.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA27664399
• ISBN:
  • 0133046680
• LCCN: 94038363
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
• ページ数/冊数: xiv, 240 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : HV6545
  • DC20 : 179/.7
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Suicide -- Moral and ethical aspects
  • LCSH : Suicide -- Religious aspects