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Author | : Lloyd Steffen |
Publisher | : Fortress Press |
Total Pages | : 403 |
Release | : 2014-07-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1451487576 |
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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.
Author | : Wesley J. Smith |
Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
Total Pages | : 474 |
Release | : 2010-10-06 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 145877841X |
Download The Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America (Large Print 16pt) Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.
Author | : James Stacey Taylor |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2013-11 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0199751137 |
Download The Metaphysics and Ethics of Death Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.
Author | : Peter Singer |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 1996-04-15 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780312144012 |
Download Rethinking Life and Death Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.
Author | : Jeff McMahan |
Publisher | : Oxford Ethics Series |
Total Pages | : 564 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780195169829 |
Download The Ethics of Killing Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.
Author | : Lloyd H. Steffen |
Publisher | : Augsburg Fortress Publishers |
Total Pages | : 335 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 080069919X |
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"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.
Author | : David Lamb |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 2020-07-20 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 1000056325 |
Download Death, Brain Death and Ethics Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Originally published in 1985, this book examines the concept of death against the background of dramatic changes in medical technology. The book argues that ‘brain death’ can be precisely defined and that a biological concept of death such as ‘brain death’ can be philosophically well-grounded. It examines traditional criteria for death and various formulations of the concept of death in both medical literature and philosophical texts. Definitions of ‘brain death’ – some of which have become statute law – are critically examined. The author also examines ethical and social policy questions which arise out of attempts to redefine the boundaries of life.
Author | : Matthew H. Kramer |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2011-12-15 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0199642184 |
Download The Ethics of Capital Punishment Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Taking a fresh look at a central controversy in criminal law theory, The Ethics of Capital Punishment presents a rationale for the death penalty grounded in a theory of the nature of evil and the nature of defilement. Original, unsettling, and deeply controversial, it will be an essential reference point for future debates on the subject.
Author | : Tom L. Beauchamp |
Publisher | : Pearson |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : |
Download Ethical Issues in Death and Dying Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This anthology of major classical and contemporary views on key ethical aspects of death and dying is the only philosophically sophisticated, interdisciplinary, and up-to-date introduction to the subject available. Pairs pro and con arguments to give a balanced perspective. Covers a range of topics that reflect the latest developments at the frontier of the field. Provides clearly and carefully written section introductions that define the issues to be discussed. Introduces each selection with a brief editorial essay. Features up-to-date and solid analyses of all issues. Offers an excellent introduction to ethical theory.
Author | : Adrienne E. Strong |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2020-11-03 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0520973917 |
Download Documenting Death Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Documenting Death is a gripping ethnographic account of the deaths of pregnant women in a hospital in a low-resource setting in Tanzania. Through an exploration of everyday ethics and care practices on a local maternity ward, anthropologist Adrienne E. Strong untangles the reasons Tanzania has achieved so little sustainable success in reducing maternal mortality rates, despite global development support. Growing administrative pressures to document good care serve to preclude good care in practice while placing frontline healthcare workers in moral and ethical peril. Maternal health emergencies expose the precarity of hospital social relations and accountability systems, which, together, continue to lead to the deaths of pregnant women.