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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPrentice Hall PTR
ISBN-100133046680
ISBN-139780133046687
eBay Product ID (ePID)42097
Product Key Features
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameEthical Issues in Suicide
Publication Year1994
SubjectGeneral, Suicide
TypeTextbook
AuthorMargaret Pabst Battin
Subject AreaPhilosophy, Psychology
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight12.2 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN94-038363
Dewey Edition20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal179/.7
Table Of ContentIntroduction: Suicide--The Current View. I. TRADITIONAL ARGUMENTS CONCERNING SUICIDE. 1. Religious Views of Suicide. 2. The Social Arguments Concerning Suicide. 3. Suicide and the Value of Life. II. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN SUICIDE. 4. The Concept of Rational Suicide. 5. Paternalism and Suicide. 6. Suicide and Rights. 7. Physician-Assisted Suicide. Conclusion: Suicide and Moral Rules. Index.
SynopsisCourses: Death & Dying, Medical or Bio-Ethics, Introduction to Ethics. Using an exceptionally clear and easily readable style, this text provides a broad, systematic, and comprehensive exploration of both historical and contemporary argumentation concerning suicide. It probes the underlying ethical, religious and philosophical issues about self-caused death, and shows how they are crucial in the current debate., This text provides an exploration of both historical and contemporary argumentation concerning suicide. It probes the underlying ethical, religious and philosophical issues about self-caused death, and shows how they are important in the current debate., This book provides a broad, systematic, and comprehensive exploration of both historical and contemporary argumentation concerning suicide. It probes the underlying ethical, religious and philosophical issues about self-caused death, and shows how they are crucial in the current debate.