Is Death Ever Preferable to Life?

Ian Olver (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

168 Seiten

2002
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4020-1029-3 (ISBN)

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This is an original contribution to the much debated area of the value that we should place on human life. With the euthanasia issue highlighted in the public arena this book argues for a non-absolutist highest value on life ethic and how that fits with society's current emphasis on individual autonomy. Not only are the arguments for and against placing a highest value on life explored but the way of arguing particularly the use of slippery slopes is discussed. By the use of everyday examples the impact of placing a high value on life is explored. A futuristic intensive care ward round illustrates the ethical and resource issues with which we would be challenged in adopting a highest value on life policy for medical decisions.
This book will be useful for students of ethics, nursing and medicine as well as those engaged in the public debate on euthanasia.

1: In the Beginning.- 2: The Definition of Death.- 3: Death Relative to Life.- 4: Autonomy and Life or Death Decisions.- 5: Slippery Slopes and Life and Death.- 6: Limited Resources Limiting Life?.- 7: Future Ethics.- Endnotes.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.11.2002
Reihe/Serie	"International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine " ; 14
Zusatzinfo	XII, 168 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 297 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4020-1029-X / 140201029X
ISBN-13	978-1-4020-1029-3 / 9781402010293
Zustand	Neuware