Assisted Suicide: The Liberal, Humanist Case Against Legalization

Informationen zum Autor Kevin Yuill lectures in History at the University of Sunderland, UK, specializing in the intellectual history of the twentieth century. He has published articles on assisted suicide in the Spectator, The Tablet and numerous other places. He is the author of Richard Nixon and the Rise of Affirmative Action. Klappentext This book presents an atheistic case against the legalization of assisted suicide. Critical of both sides of the argument, it questions the assumptions behind the discussion. Yuill shows that our attitudes towards suicide - not euthanasia - are most important to our attitudes towards assisted suicide. Zusammenfassung This book presents an atheistic case against the legalization of assisted suicide. Critical of both sides of the argument, it questions the assumptions behind the discussion. Yuill shows that our attitudes towards suicide – not euthanasia – are most important to our attitudes towards assisted suicide. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Foreword by Brendan O'Neill Introduction Defining the Terms An Analysis of the Key Arguments on Both Sides The Origins of the Right-To-Die Movement Thinking About Suicide For Abortion, Against Assisted Suicide The Libertarian Case Against Assisted Suicide Notes and References Index

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Acknowledgements Foreword by Brendan O'Neill Introduction Defining the Terms An Analysis of the Key Arguments on Both Sides The Origins of the Right-To-Die Movement Thinking About Suicide For Abortion, Against Assisted Suicide The Libertarian Case Against Assisted Suicide Notes and References Index

Product details

• Authors: K Yuill, K. Yuill, Kevin Yuill, Yuill Kevin
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.03.2013
• EAN: 9781137286291
• ISBN: 978-1-137-28629-1
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Nursing; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; B, Ethics, Human Rights, Nursing, Social Policy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Human rights, civil rights, Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics, Central / national / federal government policies, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Moral Philosophy, Social medicine, Medical Sociology, abortion;euthanasia;suicide;thinking