Suicide and Euthanasia - Historical and Contemporary Themes

Greek Philosophers on Euthanasia and Suicide.- A Historical Introduction to Jewish Casuistry on Suicide and Euthanasia.- Suicide and Early Christian Values.- The Ethics of Suicide in the Renaissance and Reformation.- Suicide in the Age of Reason.- Sanctity of Life and Suicide: Tensions and Developments within Common Morality.- Death by Free Choice: Modern Variations on an Antique Theme.

List of contents

Greek Philosophers on Euthanasia and Suicide.- A Historical Introduction to Jewish Casuistry on Suicide and Euthanasia.- Suicide and Early Christian Values.- The Ethics of Suicide in the Renaissance and Reformation.- Suicide in the Age of Reason.- Sanctity of Life and Suicide: Tensions and Developments within Common Morality.- Death by Free Choice: Modern Variations on an Antique Theme.

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`All in all, this is a volume that is indispensable for any academic library worthy of the name. ...To attempt to reflect upon these issues without the historical background and argumentation found in this brief volume would be to put oneself at a great disadvantage. On that basis I recommend it wholeheartedly.'
Ethics, January 1992

`The volume ... is of great value in addressing the historical issues, and one can earnestly hope that it will be widely used to enhance the sophistication and historical sensitivity of contemporary discussions of the ethics of suicide and euthanasia.'
ESPMH-Newsletter, 9, 1990

Product details

• Assisted by: A Brody (Editor), B A Brody (Editor), B. A. Brody (Editor), B.A. Brody (Editor), Baruch A. Brody (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.10.2010
• EAN: 9789048140398
• ISBN: 978-90-481-4039-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Illustrations: VI, 288 p.
• Series: Philosophy and Medicine; Philosophy and Medicine
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous