LEADER 04222nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910811854003321 005 20240514045121.0 010 $a0-8131-9230-7 010 $a0-8131-3524-9 010 $a1-283-23344-4 010 $a9786613233448 010 $a0-8131-7327-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000000047503 035 $a(EBL)792141 035 $a(OCoLC)753968755 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000540719 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11361141 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000540719 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10491944 035 $a(PQKB)10029833 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000038513 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse13743 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL792141 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10495330 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL323344 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC792141 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000047503 100 $a20090312d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReflections on life, death, and the constitution /$fGeorge Anastaplo 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLexington, Ky. $cUniversity Press of Kentucky$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (313 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8131-3916-3 311 $a0-8131-2533-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 280-284) and index. 327 $aFront cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. On Understanding the Others; 2. Life and Not-Life in Thucydides' Funeral Orations; 3. Death and Resurrection in Euripides' Bacchae; 4. Resurrection and Death in Everyman; 5. John Milton and the Limits of the Garden of Edene; 6. Human Mortality and the Declaration of Independence; 7. Time and the Constitution; 8. Fyodor Dostoyevsky and the Modern Project; 9. Public Health and Private Consciences; 10. The Flag Salute Cases (1940, 1943); 11. Conscientious Objectors and Military Conscription 327 $a12. Obliteration Bombing, Civilian Casualties, and the Laws of War 13. Do All Somehow Aim at the Good?; 1. Shakespeare's Hamlet and the Elusiveness of the Good; 2. Unconventional Religious Duties and the Good Life; 3. Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) and the Prevention of Conception; 4. Roe v. Wade (1973) and the Law of Abortion; 5. Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) and the Persistence of the Abortion Issue; 6. Capital Punishment and the United States Supreme Court; 7. Capital Punishment Reconsidered; 8. Nancy Cruzan and ""The Right to Die"" 327 $a9. Washington v. Glucksberg (1997) and Assisted Suicide 10. The Legislation of Morality and the Problem of Pain; 11. Evolution and the Law; 12. Life and Death in Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address; 13. The Unseemly Fearfulness of Our Time; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; Appendix E; Appendix F; Appendix G; Appendix H; Appendix I; Appendix J; Index 330 $aThe role of law in government has been increasingly scrutinized as courts struggle with controversial topics such as assisted suicide, euthanasia, abortion, capital punishment, and torture. Reflections on Life, Death, and the Constitution explores such issues by using classical standards of morality as a starting point for understanding them. Drawing on works of literature and philosophy, and on U.S. Supreme Court decisions, George Anastaplo examines the intimate relationship between human nature and constitutional law. 606 $aLaw$xPhilosophy 606 $aConstitutional law$zUnited States 606 $aLaw and ethics 606 $aRight to die$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 606 $aCapital punishment$zUnited States 606 $aAbortion$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 615 0$aLaw$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aConstitutional law 615 0$aLaw and ethics. 615 0$aRight to die$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aCapital punishment 615 0$aAbortion$xLaw and legislation 676 $a340/.112 700 $aAnastaplo$b George$f1925-$01124526 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811854003321 996 $aReflections on life, death, and the constitution$93954523 997 $aUNINA