Assisted Death by L W Sumner
L.W. Sumner explores the ethical and legal status of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia, and argues powerfully that these forms of assisted death can claim the same justification as other widely accepted end-of-life practices. He surveys the opposing views and legal precedents, and develops a model regulatory policy for assisted death.
the target audience extends beyond professional philosophers, and the aim is notmerely to understand the situation but to change itThis is altogether laudable, and some pulling of punches might help. And what might well be hoped for this very good bookcareful, modest, wellstructured throughoutis that its importance is not long-lasting and that it helps bring about its own demise. * Christopher Belshaw, The Philosophical Quarterly *
L.W. Sumner is University Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. He is the author of four books: Abortion and Moral Theory (1981); The Moral Foundation of Rights (1987); Welfare, Ethics, and Happiness (1996); and The Hateful and the Obscene: Studies in the Limits of Free Expression (2004). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and recipient of the 2009 Molson Prize in Social Sciences and Humanities from the Canada Council for the Arts.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199687473 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199687471 |
| Title | Assisted Death |
| Author | L W Sumner |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2013-10-24 |
| Number of pages | 252 |
| Prizes | Winner of Winner of the Canadian Philosophical Associations Book Prize for 2013. |
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