Matters of Life and Death : : Making Moral Theory Work in Medical Ethics and the Law / / David Orentlicher.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Orentlicher, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (248 p.)

Philosophical debates over the fundamental principles that should guide life-and-death medical decisions usually occur at a considerable remove from the tough, real-world choices made in hospital rooms, courthouses, and legislatures. David Orentlicher seeks to change that, drawing on his extensive e...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• One Introduction
• PART ONE: THE APPROACH OF USING GENERALLY VALID RULES
• Two The Importance of Generally Valid Rules in Implementing Moral Principle
• Three The Absence of a Moral Distinction between Treatment Withdrawal and Assisted Suicide
• Four The Distinction between Treatment Withdrawal and Assisted Suicide as a Generally Valid Way to Distinguish between Morally Justified and Morally Unjustified Deaths
• PART TWO: AVOIDING PERVERSE INCENTIVES
• Five The Implications for Practice of a Policy's Perverse Incentives
• Six Underlying Moral Principle Permits a Limited Legal Obligation for Pregnant Women to Accept Life-Saving Treatment for Their Fetuses
• Seven The Problems with a Legal Duty for Pregnant Women Because of Perverse Incentives
• PART THREE: THE "TRAGIC CHOICES" MODEL
• Eight Avoiding Explicit Trade-offs through Implicit Choices
• Nine Limitations of the "Futility" Concept in Medical Treatment Decisions
• Ten Futility as a Way to Make "Tragic Choices"
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Index