Coping With Choices to Die

Informationen zum Autor C. G. Prado is professor emeritus of philosophy at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. His most recent publications are Starting with Descartes (2009), Foucault's Legacy (2009), Choosing to Die: Elective Death and Multiculturalism (2008) and Searle and Foucault on Truth (2006). Klappentext C. G. Prado examines how reactions to elective death are influenced by cultural influences and beliefs. Zusammenfassung Examines how reactions to elective death are influenced by cultural influences and beliefs. Understanding the role of these influences on the grieving processes of survivors is a crucial step in allowing them to accept the finality of elective death and to deal with the decision of their loved one. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: emotions, feelings, and thoughts Wesley Boston; 1. Laying the groundwork; 2. Feelings: their influences and control; 3. Culture's elusive role; 4. Revising the criterion for rational elective death; 5. Two philosophical challenges; 6. Survivors' responses; 7. Accepting finality; Appendix: belief in an afterlife.

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• Authors: C. G. Prado, C. G. (Queen's University Prado, C. G. (Queen''s University Prado, Carlos Prado, Prado C. G.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.11.2010
• EAN: 9780521114769
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11476-9
• No. of pages: 206
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, LAW / Right to Die, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Ethical issues: euthanasia and right to die, Ethical Issues: Euthanasia & Right To Die