LEADER 03771nam 22007814a 450 001 9910954262403321 005 20251116203319.0 010 $a1-351-57508-2 010 $a1-315-09676-5 010 $a1-351-57507-4 010 $a1-281-33275-5 010 $a0-7546-5746-9 010 $a9786611332754 010 $a0-7546-9295-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000408853 035 $a(EBL)438867 035 $a(OCoLC)560654069 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000106880 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11108921 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000106880 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10008391 035 $a(PQKB)11180326 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC438867 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL438867 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10226949 035 $a(OCoLC)1011108331 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1011108331 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9781315096766 035 $a(OCoLC)152580692 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB157606 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000408853 100 $a20070625d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAssisted suicide and euthanasia $ea natural law ethics approach /$fCraig Paterson 205 $aFirst edition. 210 $aAldershot, England ;$aBurlington, VT $cAshgate$dc2008 215 $a217 p. ;$d24cm 225 1 $aLive questions in ethics and moral philosophy 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-7546-5746-9 311 08$a0-7546-5745-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [185]-209) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 2 $a"As medical technology advances and severely injured or ill people can be kept alive and functioning long beyond what was previously medically possible, the debate surrounding the ethics of end-of-life care and quality-of-life issues has grown more urgent. In this lucid and vigorous new book, Craig Paterson discusses assisted suicide and euthanasia from a fully fledged but non-dogmatic secular natural law perspective. He rehabilitates and revitalises the natural law approach to moral reasoning by developing a pluralistic account of just why we are required by practical rationality to respect and not violate key demands generated by the primary goods of persons, especially human life. Important issues that shape the moral quality of an action are explained and analysed: intention/foresight; action/omission; action/consequences; killing/letting die; innocence/non-innocence; and, person/non-person. Paterson defends the central normative proposition that 'it is always a serious moral wrong to intentionally kill an innocent human person, whether self or another, notwithstanding any further appeal to consequences or motive'."--Provided by publisher. 410 0$aLive questions in ethics and moral philosophy. 606 $aAssisted suicide$xMoral and ethical aspects 606 $aEuthanasia$xMoral and ethical aspects 606 $aMedical ethics 606 $aEuthanasia 606 $aNatural law 615 0$aAssisted suicide$xMoral and ethical aspects. 615 0$aEuthanasia$xMoral and ethical aspects. 615 $aMedical ethics 615 $aEuthanasia 615 0$aNatural law. 676 $a179.7 700 $aPaterson$b Craig$f1965-$01882088 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910954262403321 996 $aAssisted suicide and euthanasia$94497114 997 $aUNINA