The death debate : ethical issues in suicide

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The death debate : ethical issues in suicide

Margaret Pabst Battin

Prentice Hall, c1996

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Ethical issues in suicide

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Previously published under title: Ethical issues in suicide

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-233) and index

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内容説明

This text is suited for philosophy courses at the under graduate level. Especially appropriate for those courses that deal with moral and ethical issues. This volume provides a broad, systematic, and comprehensive exploration of both historical and contemporary argumentation concerning suicide. This book probes the underlying ethical, religious, and philosophical issues surrounding suicide, euthanasia, and physician-assisted suicide.

目次

Introduction. Suicide-The Current View. Suicide: The scientific view. The treatment of suicide: Prediction and prevention. Suicide: The legal dilemma. The suicide taboo. PART I. FUNDAMENTAL ETHICAL ISSUES IN SUICIDE 1. Religious Views of Suicide. The religious arguments against suicide. The religious invitation to suicide. 2. The Social Arguments Concerning Suicide. Suicide as an injury to the community. Suicide as a benefit to the community. Utilitarian theory and suicide. 3. Suicide and the Value of Life. The principle of the value of life. Modifications of the principle. Kant and respect for human moral life. Dworkin and the sanctity of life. PART II. PRACTICAL MORAL ISSUES IN SUICIDE 4. The Concept of Rational Suicide. The characterization of rational suicide. Criteria for rational suicide. 5. Paternalism and Suicide: The Role of Others. Paternalistic intervention in suicide. Paternalistic facilitation of suicide. 6. Suicide and Rights. Suicide as a right. Rights and the role of others. 7. Physician-Assisted Suicide. The public debate over physician-assisted suicide. The basic ethical issues in physician-assisted suicide. Practical and policy issues in physician-assisted suicide. The future practice of physician-assisted suicide. Conclusion. Suicide and Moral Rules Notes. Index.

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