Aiming to Kill: The Ethics of Suicide and Euthanasia.
By: Biggar, Nigel.
Publisher: London : Darton, Longman & Todd, 2004Description: 220p ; pbk.ISBN: 9780232524062.Subject(s): Suicide-Moral and ethical aspects | Euthanasia-Moral and ethical aspects | Death-Moral and ethical aspectsDDC classification: 179.7Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU St Angela's McKeown Library Main Lending Collection | 179.7 BIG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | T39676 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The traditional position and the pressures for change. The Western legal tradition --T︣he Christian ethical hinterland --T︣he exceptional value of human life --T︣he justification of taking human life --S︣uicide --C︣hristian ethics, assisted suicide, and voluntary euthanasia --T︣he cultural pressures for change --2︣. The value of human life --3︣. The morality of acts of killing --4︣. Slippery slopes.