Human dignity and assisted death

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Assisted dying and human dignity are two extremely contested topics in Bioethics. This volume offers the first book-length attempt to bring both together. Its authors develop detailed philosophical analyses of dignity, and how it relates to assisted suicide and euthanasia.

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

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Publication Date:2018

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Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:New York, NY, United States of America
Language:eng
Publication Date:2018

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:9780190675974, 0190675977, 9780190675998, 0190675993
oclc:on1004363586
LC Classification:R726
Dewey Decimal:179.7

Dignity and the case against assisted death / Jeff McMahan -- Dignity and the case in favor of assisted death / Ralf Stoecker -- Dignity through thick and thin / L.W. Sumner -- Death with dignity : a dangerous euphemism / Robert George, Christopher Kaczor -- Physical disability, dignity, and physician assisted death / David Wasserman -- Dementia, dignity, and assisted death / Rebecca Dresser -- Autonomy and the value of life as elements of human dignity / Sebastian Muders -- Dignity, price, and assisted dying / Michael Cholbi -- Two competing conceptions of dignity / Luke Gormally -- The value of life and the dignity of persons / William FitzPatrick -- Dignity as a fundamental human right revisited / Margaret Battin -- Dignity as moral status and the debate about assisted death / Holger Baumann, Peter Schaber.

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Aide au suicide Assisted suicide Attitude to Death Death -- Psychological aspects Dignité Dignity Euthanasia Euthanasia -- ethics Euthanasie Mort -- Aspect psychologique Personhood PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy Right to Die -- ethics Suicide, Assisted Suicide, Assisted -- ethics suicides