Fashioning an Ethic for Life and Death in a Post-Modern Society

For public policy in a secular pluralist society such as ours, the question is not so much whether voluntary euthanasia is right or wrong, but whether the state may use force to stop competent individuals from being voluntarily euthanatized when they do not have special preempting duties to third pa...

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Published in:The Hastings Center report 1989-01, Vol.19 (1), p.7-9
Main Author: Engelhardt, H. Tristram
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
A Special Supplement: Mercy, Murder, & Morality: Perspectives on Euthanasia
Analysis
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Bioethics
Coercion
Contracts
Cultural Diversity
Death
Democracy
Ethical aspects
Ethics
Euthanasia
Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary
Freedom
Good life
Government Regulation
Health Care Rationing
Humans
Informed Consent
Law
Medical ethics
Medicine
Moral authority
Moral particularism
Morality
Morals
Natural law
Personal Autonomy
Public Policy
Resource Allocation
Right to Die
Secular ethics
Social Control, Formal
Social Values
Suicide
Thanatology
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Summary:For public policy in a secular pluralist society such as ours, the question is not so much whether voluntary euthanasia is right or wrong, but whether the state may use force to stop competent individuals from being voluntarily euthanatized when they do not have special preempting duties to third parties. References.
ISSN:0093-0334
1552-146X
DOI:10.2307/3561962