Aiming to Kill: The Ethics of Suicide and Euthanasia
Pilgrim Press (2004)
| Abstract | 1. The traditional position and the pressures for change. The Western legal tradition -- The Christian ethical hinterland -- The exceptional value of human life -- The justification of taking human life -- Suicide -- Christian ethics, assisted suicide, and voluntary euthanasia -- The cultural pressures for change -- 2. The value of human life -- 3. The morality of acts of killing -- 4. Slippery slopes. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Euthanasia Death Moral and ethical aspects Euthanasia ethics Christianity Euthanasia legislation & jurisprudence Suicide, Assisted ethics Suicide, Assisted legislation & jurisprudence | |||||||||
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| Call number | R726.B47 2004 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 0829815031 | |||||||||
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