A natural right to die : twenty-three centuries of debate / Raymond Whiting.
2002
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Author
Title
A natural right to die : twenty-three centuries of debate / Raymond Whiting.
Published
Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, [2002]
Copyright
©2002
Call Number
KF3827.E87 W48 2002
ISBN
0313314748 (alk. paper)
Description
x, 222 pages ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)45583514
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: The "Right to Die" Debate
1
Ch. 1
Contemporary Attitudes about Death
11
Ch. 2
A Brief Modern History and Definition of Terms
15
Ch. 3
Attitudes around the World
37
Ch. 4
Anatomy of a Right
49
Ch. 5
Opposition to the "Right to Die"
57
Ch. 6
Roman Natural Law Theory
69
Ch. 7
Natural Law Theory through the Middle Ages
81
Ch. 8
The Development of Natural Rights Theory
89
Ch. 9
The Evolution of Natural Law Theory and the "Right to Die"
97
Ch. 10
The American Interpretation of Natural Law
109
Ch. 11
Natural Law and the Post-Revolutionary Era
119
Ch. 12
Natural Law and the Constitution: Then and Now
125
Ch. 13
The American Interpretation of Natural Law as It Pertains to the "Right to Die"
141
Ch. 14
Applications
153
App. A
One Man's Decision to Die
171
App. B
A Talk with a Formerly Comatose Patient
183
App. C
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
189
Notes
197
Selected Bibliography
203
Index
215