03771nam 22007814a 450 991095426240332120251116203319.01-351-57508-21-315-09676-51-351-57507-41-281-33275-50-7546-5746-997866113327540-7546-9295-7(CKB)1000000000408853(EBL)438867(OCoLC)560654069(SSID)ssj0000106880(PQKBManifestationID)11108921(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000106880(PQKBWorkID)10008391(PQKB)11180326(MiAaPQ)EBC438867(Au-PeEL)EBL438867(CaPaEBR)ebr10226949(OCoLC)1011108331(OCoLC-P)1011108331(FlBoTFG)9781315096766(OCoLC)152580692(FINmELB)ELB157606(EXLCZ)99100000000040885320070625d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAssisted suicide and euthanasia a natural law ethics approach /Craig PatersonFirst edition.Aldershot, England ;Burlington, VT Ashgatec2008217 p. ;24cmLive questions in ethics and moral philosophyDescription based upon print version of record.0-7546-5746-9 0-7546-5745-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-209) and index.Introduction -- Justifications for suicide, assisted suicide and euthanasia -- A revised natural law ethics -- The good of human life -- Suicide, assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia -- Non-voluntary and involuntary euthanasia -- State intervention and the common good."As medical technology advances and severely injured or ill people can be kept alive and functioning long beyond what was previously medically possible, the debate surrounding the ethics of end-of-life care and quality-of-life issues has grown more urgent. In this lucid and vigorous new book, Craig Paterson discusses assisted suicide and euthanasia from a fully fledged but non-dogmatic secular natural law perspective. He rehabilitates and revitalises the natural law approach to moral reasoning by developing a pluralistic account of just why we are required by practical rationality to respect and not violate key demands generated by the primary goods of persons, especially human life. Important issues that shape the moral quality of an action are explained and analysed: intention/foresight; action/omission; action/consequences; killing/letting die; innocence/non-innocence; and, person/non-person. Paterson defends the central normative proposition that 'it is always a serious moral wrong to intentionally kill an innocent human person, whether self or another, notwithstanding any further appeal to consequences or motive'."--Provided by publisher.Live questions in ethics and moral philosophy.Assisted suicideMoral and ethical aspectsEuthanasiaMoral and ethical aspectsMedical ethicsEuthanasiaNatural lawAssisted suicideMoral and ethical aspects.EuthanasiaMoral and ethical aspects.Medical ethicsEuthanasiaNatural law.179.7Paterson Craig1965-1882088MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910954262403321Assisted suicide and euthanasia4497114UNINA