Human dignity and assisted death

by Muders, Sebastian

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Full title :Human dignity and assisted death / Sebastian Muders.

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"Assisted dying is still an extremely contested topic in Bioethics. Despite the strongly influential role human dignity plays in this debate, it still has not received the appropriate, multi-faceted treatment it deserves. Studies show that the notion of dignity already plays an important role in medical contexts : it is frequently used by health care professionals as well as patients. However, its use in these contexts needs to be analyzed and explained in more detail. Moreover, a review of the available literature clearly shows that the general, highly fruitful academic debate on human dignity is more than ready to take the next step into applied ethics : in particular, into the even more controversial area of assisted death. This work offers a detailed philosophical analysis of dignity and how it relates to assisted death."--Résumé de l'éditeur