Beyond abortion: The looming battle over death in the 'culture wars'
Bioethics 22 (7):379-387 (2008)
Abstract
By concentrating on abortion, the culture wars have avoided facing a crisis about the end of life. This paper explores four themes: (1) the technological transformation of birth and death into matters of decision, not matters of fact; (2) abortion as the nexus of Eros (sex) with Thanatos (death); (3) the real crisis, conveniently masked by our obsession with sex, looming at the end of life, not at its beginning; (4) the surplus-repression that protects us from assuming responsibility for choosing between life and death.DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8519.2008.00649.x
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