A natural right to die : twenty-three centuries of debate
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書誌事項
A natural right to die : twenty-three centuries of debate
（Contributions in legal studies, no. 101）
Greenwood Press, 2002
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-213) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
While other books deal with the contemporary issue of the right to die, no attempt has been made to demonstrate substantially the historic nature of this question beyond the borders of the United States. Whiting demonstrates that the right to die controversy stretches back more than two thousand years, and he explains how current attitudes and practices in the U.S. have been influenced by the legal and cultural development of the ancient western world. This perspective allows the reader to understand not only the origins of the controversy, but also the different perspectives that each age has contributed to the ongoing debate.
Whiting discusses the development of legal rights within both western culture and the United States, then applies these developments to the question of the right to die. In an environment of public debate that features such emotional events as the exploits of Jack Kevorkian, the publication of how to suicide manuals, and the counterattacks of Right to Life groups, the United States is left with very few options.
目次
Preface
Introduction: The "Right to Die" Debate
Contemporary Attitudes About Death
A Brief Modern History and Definition of Terms
Attitudes Around the World
Anatomy of a Right
Opposition to the "Right To Die"
Roman Natural Law Theory
Natural Law Theory Through the Middle Ages
The Development of Natural Rights Theory
The Evolution of Natural Law Theory and the "Right to Die"
The American Interpretation of Natural Law
Natural Law and the Post-Revolutionary Era
Natural Law and the Constitution: Then and Now
The American Interpretation of Natural Law as it Pertains to the "Right to Die"
Applications
Appendix A: One Man's Decision to Die
Appendix B: A Talk with a Formerly Comatose Patient
Appendix C: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
References
Index
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