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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: 179.7
Contents:
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.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU St Angela's McKeown Library Main Lending Collection 179.7 BIG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T39676
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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.

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