Euthanasia, Ethics and the Law: From Conflict to Compromise - Brossura

Huxtable, Richard

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ISBN 10: 184472106X ISBN 13: 9781844721061

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2007

Riassunto

Euthanasia, Ethics and the Law argues that the law governing the ending of life in England and Wales is unclear, confused and often contradictory. The book shows that the rules are in competition because the ethical principles underlying the rules are also diverse and conflicting.

In mounting his case Richard Huxtable considers some familiar and topical debates, including assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia, examining such situations as the Dianne Pretty litigation and Lord Joffe's Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill. The book also enters some important, but less well-charted areas, looking at the advent of 'death tourism' and the real status of involuntary and passive euthanasia in English law, in addition to clarifying the confusion that surrounds the use of powerful painkillers like morphine. Dealing with both legal and ethical issues, the text concludes that the time has come to more openly adopt a compromise position - one that more honestly recognises and accommodates the competing values, whilst also restoring a measure of coherence to the law.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Richard Huxtable is a Senior Lecturer and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Ethics in Medicine at the University of Bristol, UK.

Contenuti:

1. Judging the End(ing) of Life: Conflict and Confusion  2. Not Pretty: ‘Mercy Killing’ in Legal Fact and Legal Fiction  3. Assisted Suicide in ‘the Shadowy Area of Mercy Killing'  4. Get Out of Jail Free? Double Effect and Doctors in the Dock  5. Beyond Bland: Hedging Bets on the Value of Life?  6. Euthanasia and the Middle Ground: From Conflict to Compromise 

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 184472106X
• ISBN 13: 9781844721061
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 232