Natural Right to Die Twenty-Three Centuries of Debate

Name: Natural Right to Die Twenty-Three Centuries of Debate
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ISBN: 9780313314742

ISBN-10: 0313314748

ISBN-13: 9780313314742

Edition: 2001

Authors: Raymond A. Whiting

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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…

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List price: $95.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 11/30/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 234
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



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



One Man's Decision to Die



A Talk with a Formerly Comatose Patient



Universal Declaration of Human Rights


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index