02868nam 2200613Ia 450 991078471980332120230422045015.00-19-773059-01-280-83422-60-19-535068-5(CKB)1000000000405959(EBL)431108(OCoLC)252664684(SSID)ssj0000178023(PQKBManifestationID)11167769(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000178023(PQKBWorkID)10219242(PQKB)10760329(Au-PeEL)EBL431108(CaPaEBR)ebr10269061(CaONFJC)MIL83422(MiAaPQ)EBC431108(EXLCZ)99100000000040595919990726d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInalienable rights[electronic resource] the limits of consent in medicine and the law /Terrance McConnellOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20001 online resource (185 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-513462-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-165) and index.Contents; Introduction; ONE: The Nature of Inalienable Rights; TWO: The Moral Foundations of Inalienable Rights; THREE: The Inalienable Right of Conscience: A Madisonian/Jeffersonian Argument; FOUR: The Right of Informed Consent and Inalienability; FIVE: The Inalienable Right to Life and Its Implications for Voluntary Euthanasia; SIX: Assisted Suicide and the Inalienable Right to Life; SEVEN: Human Organs and Inalienablility; EIGHT: Concluding Remarks; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis book explains what inalienable rights are and how they restrict the behavior of their possessors. McConnell develops compelling arguments to support the inalienability of the right to life, the right of conscience, and a competent person's right not to have medical treatment administered without consent. Yet, surprisingly, he argues that the inalienability of the right to life does not entail that voluntary euthanasia or assisted suicide are wrong. This distinctive defense of inalienable rights will appeal to medical ethicists and other applied ethicists, political theorists, and philosopHuman rightsInformed consent (Medical law)United StatesNatural lawHuman rights.Informed consent (Medical law)Natural law.174341.481344.73/0412McConnell Terrance C1564042MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784719803321Inalienable rights3832896UNINA