Understanding Assisted Suicide Nine Issues to Consider

Name: Understanding Assisted Suicide Nine Issues to Consider
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ISBN: 9780472069965

ISBN-10: 0472069969

ISBN-13: 9780472069965

Edition: 2007

Authors: John B. Mitchell

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Assisted suicide remains one of the most emotionally charged and controversial topics—and the issue isn’t going away any time soon. As the baby boomer generation ages, many of us will watch as our parents—and ourselves—grow older, and wonder at the decisions that lie ahead. Understanding Assisted Suicideprovides both a fresh take on this important topic and the framework for intelligent participation in the discussion. Uniquely, the author frames the issue using his own experience watching both his parents die, which led him to ask fundamental questions about death, dying, religion, and the role of medicine and technology in alleviating human suffering. In concerns about assisted suicide,…

Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 10/2/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Introduction



Cultural Arguments That Assisted Suicide Is Always Wrong



Religious Arguments for Maintaining That Suicide Is Morally "Wrong"



Utilitarian Arguments against Suicide



The Slippery Slope Phenomenon



My Path Turns: Looking at Autonomy and Moral Claims to the Right to Assisted Suicide



Act Utilitarianism as a Moral Basis for Justifying Assisted Suicide



The Moral Claim Justifying Physician-Assisted Suicide with the Combination of Autonomy and Mercy



Law and Assisted Suicide



The Question of Whether Legislatures Should or Should Not Legalize Physician-Assisted Suicide


Epilogue


Notes


Index