The Ethics of Death
Title | The Ethics of Death PDF eBook |
Author | Lloyd Steffen |
Publisher | Fortress Press |
Total Pages | 403 |
Release | 2014-07-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1451487576 |
In The Ethics of Death, the authors, one a philosopher and one a religious studies scholar, undertake an examination of the deaths that we experience as members of a larger moral community. Their respectful and engaging dialogue highlights the complex and challenging issues that surround many deaths in our modern world and helps readers frame thoughtful responses. Unafraid of difficult topics, Steffen and Cooley fully engage suicide, physician assisted suicide, euthanasia, capital punishment, abortion, and war as areas of life where death poses moral challenges.
The Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America (Large Print 16pt)
Title | The Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America (Large Print 16pt) PDF eBook |
Author | Wesley J. Smith |
Publisher | ReadHowYouWant.com |
Total Pages | 474 |
Release | 2010-10-06 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 145877841X |
When his teenaged son Christopher, brain-damaged in an auto accident, developed a 106-degree fever following weeks of unconsciousness, John Campbell asked the attending physician for help. The doctor refused. Why bother? The boy's life was effectively over. Campbell refused to accept this verdict. He demanded treatment and threatened legal action. The doctor finally relented. With treatment, Christopher's temperature subsided almost immediately. Soon afterwards he regained consciousness and today he is learning to walk again. This story is one of many Wesley Smith recounts in his groundbreaking new book, The Culture of Death. Smith believes that American medicine ''is changing from a system based on the sanctity of human life into a starkly utilitarian model in which the medically defenseless are seen as having not just a 'right' but a 'duty' to die.'' Going behind the current scenes of our health care system, he shows how doctors withdraw desired care based on Futile Care Theory rather than provide it as required by the Hippocratic Oath. And how ''bioethicists'' influence policy by considering questions such as whether organs may be harvested from the terminally ill and disabled. This is a passionate, yet coolly reasoned book about the current crisis in medical ethics by an author who has made ''the new thanatology'' his consuming interest.
The Metaphysics and Ethics of Death
Title | The Metaphysics and Ethics of Death PDF eBook |
Author | James Stacey Taylor |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 286 |
Release | 2013-11 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0199751137 |
The Metaphysics and Ethics of Death brings together original essays that both address the fundamental questions of the metaphysics of death and explore the relationship between those questions and some of the areas of applied ethics in which they play a central role.
Rethinking Life and Death
Title | Rethinking Life and Death PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Singer |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Total Pages | 268 |
Release | 1996-04-15 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780312144012 |
In a reassessment of the meaning of life and death, a noted philosopher offers a new definition for life that contrasts a world dependent on biological maintenance with one controlled by state-of-the-art medical technology.
The Ethics of Killing
Title | The Ethics of Killing PDF eBook |
Author | Jeff McMahan |
Publisher | Oxford Ethics Series |
Total Pages | 564 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 9780195169829 |
Drawing on philosophical notions of personal identity and the immorality of killing, Jeff McMahan looks at various issues, including abortion, infanticide, the killing of animals, assisted suicide, and euthanasia.
Intending Death
Title | Intending Death PDF eBook |
Author | Tom L. Beauchamp |
Publisher | Pearson |
Total Pages | 248 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN |
At the cutting-edge of one of the most sensitive contemporary controversies, this anthology presents the most current thinking of experts in the field of the ethics of assisted suicide and euthanasia--exploring point blank issues that law and public policy have often skirted or wished away. Explores issues from three perspectives--philosophical, clinical and political, legal and economic.
The Ethics of Death
Title | The Ethics of Death PDF eBook |
Author | Lloyd H. Steffen |
Publisher | Augsburg Fortress Publishers |
Total Pages | 335 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 080069919X |
"For the living, death has a moral dimension. When we confront death and dying in our own lives and in the lives of others, we ask questions about the good, right, and fitting as they relate to our experiences of human mortality. When others die, the living are left with moral questions--questions that often generate personal inquiry as to whether a particular death was "good" or whether it was tragic, terrifying, or peaceful. In The Ethics of Death, the authors, one a philosopher and one a religious studies scholar, undertake an examination of the deaths that we experience as members of a larger moral community. Their respectful and engaging dialogue highlights the complex and challenging issues that surround many deaths in our modern world and helps readers frame thoughtful responses. Unafraid of difficult topics, Steffen and Cooley fully engage suicide, physician-assisted suicide, euthanasia, capital punishment, abortion, and war as areas of life where death poses moral challenges." -- Publisher's description.