Human dignity and assisted death / edited by Sebastian Muders
Contributor(s): Muders, Sebastian [editor] | Ohio Library and Information Network.
Publisher: New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2018]Description: 250 pages.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190675967.Subject(s): Euthanasia | Assisted suicide | DignityGenre/Form: Print books. | Electronic books| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | R726 .H828 2018 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000011184 |
Includes bibliographical references and index
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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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