Killing and Letting Die /

Killing and Letting Die / / Bonnie Steinbock, Alastair Norcross.

This collection contains twenty-one thought-provoking essays on the controversies surrounding the moral and legal distinctions between euthanasia and "letting die." Since public awareness of this issue has increased this second edition includes nine entirely new essays which bring the trea...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
VerfasserIn:
Steinbock, Bonnie,
Norcross, Alastair,
MitwirkendeR:
Bennett, Jonathan,
Davis, N. Ann,
Dinello, Daniel,
Fletcher, George P.,
Foot, Philippa,
Harris, John,
Lichtenberg, Judith,
McMahan, Jeff,
Murphy, Jeffrie G.,
Norcross, Alastair,
Quinn, Warren S.,
Rachels, James,
Steinbock, Bonnie,
Sullivan, Thomas D.,
Sullivan, Thormas D.,
Tooley, Michael,
Trammell, Richard,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2023]
©1994
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (431 p.)
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction to the Second Edition
  • Introduction
  • PART I: EUTHANASIA AND THE TERMINATION OF LIFE-PROLONGING TREATMENT
  • 1. In the Matter of Karen Quinlan
  • 2. Majority Opinion in Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health (selections)
  • 3. Prolonging Life: Some Legal considerations
  • 4. An Irrelevant Consideration: Killing Versus Letting D~
  • 5. Active and Passive Euthanasia
  • 6. The Intentional Termination of Life
  • 7. Active and Passive Euthanasia: An Impertinent Distinction?
  • 8. More Impertinent Distinctions and a Defense of Active Euthanasia
  • 9. Coming to Terms: a Response to Rachels
  • PART II: PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS
  • 10. Whatever the Consequences
  • 11. On Killing and Letting Die
  • 12. Is Killing the Innocent Absolutely Immoral?
  • 13. The Moral Equivalence of Action and Omission
  • 14. Negation and Abstention: Two Theories of Allowing
  • 15. The Survival Lottery
  • 16. The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of the Double Effect
  • 17. Killing and Letting Die
  • 18. Saving Life and Taking Life
  • 19. The Priority of Avoiding Harm
  • 20. Actions, Intentions, and Consequences: The Doctrine of Doing and Allowing
  • 21. Killing, Letting Die, and Withdrawing Aid
  • Suggested Readings
  • Notes on Contributors

Similar Items