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Auteur(s) : Gorsuch, Neil. M.
Titre(s) : The future of assisted suicide and euthanasia / Neil M. Gorsuch
Publication : Princeton (N. J.) : Princeton university press, cop. 2006
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (IX-311 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : New forum books
Lien à la collection : New Forum books
Comprend : 1. Introduction ; 2. The Glucksberg and quill controversies : the judiciary's (non)resolution
of the assisted suicide debate ; 2.1. The Washington due process litigation ; 2.2.
The New York equal protection litigation ; 2.3. The final battle? : the Supreme Court
does (and does not) decide ; 2.4. The aftermath of Glucksberg and Quill ; 3. The
debate over history ; 3.1. Which history? ; 3.2. The project ; 3.3. The ancients
; 3.4. Early Christian history ; 3.5. English common law ; 3.6. Colonial American
experience ; 3.7. The modern consensus on suicide and its assistance ; 3.8. The
euthanasia movement ; 3.9. Prevailing law today ; 3.10. Conclusion ; 4. Arguments
from fairness and equal protection : if a right to refuse, then a right to assisted
suicide? ; 4.1. An act /omission distinction? ; 4.2. A causation-based distinction?
; 4.3. Toward an intent-based distinction : the insight of the double effect principle
; 4.4. Some (initial) arguments against double effect : conflating intent and foresight
; 4.5. Distinguishing suicide, assisted suicide, and euthanasia from the right to
refuse : intending versus foreseeing death ; 4.6. Some (additional) criticisms of
double effect as applied to the assisted suicide debate ; 4.7. Conclusion --
5. Casey and Cruzan : do they intimate a right to assisted suicide and euthanasia?
; 5.1. The "reasoned judgment" test and its critics ; 5.2. Casey-based arguments
; 5.3. Cruzan-based arguments ; 5.4. Conclusion ; 6. Autonomy theory's implications
for the debate over assisted suicide and euthanasia ; 6.1. The autonomy debate ;
6.2. The neutralist view of autonomy ; 6.3. The harm principle's competing view ;
6.4. Perfectionism and autonomy ; 6.5. The implications of autonomy theory for the
assisted suicide and euthanasia debate ; 7. Legalization and the law of unintended
consequences : utilitarian arguments for legalization ; 7.1. The Dutch experience
: "virtually abuse-free"? ; 7.2. The Oregon experience : an "all-too conscientious"
statutory regime? ; 7.3. Legalization and other unintended consequences ; 7.4. Decriminalization
as a "costless" enterprise? ; 7.5. How to "balance" the costs and benefits of legalization?
; 7.6. Conclusion --
8. Two test cases : Posner and Epstein ; 8.1. Posner's utilitarian case for assisted
suicide ; 8.2. Posner's and Epstein's libertarian case for assisted suicide ; 9.
An argument against legalization ; 9.1. The Inviolability of human life ; 9.2. What
does it mean to respect human life as a basic good? ; 9.3. Some objections ; 9.4.
The future of the Oregon experiment? ; 10. Toward a consistent end-of-life ethic
: the "right to refuse" care for competent and incompetent patients ; 10.1. The inviolability
of life and the "right to refuse" for competent persons ; 10.2. The "right to refuse"
and infant patients ; 10.3. The "right to refuse" and incompetent adult patients
; 10.4. Conclusions ; Epilogue ; Appendix A. Certain American statutory laws banning
or disapproving of assisted suicide ; Appendix B. Statistical calculations.
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 285-301. Index
"In clear terms accessible to the general reader, Neil Gorsuch thoroughly assesses
the strengths and weaknesses of leading contemporary ethical arguments for assisted
suicide and euthanasia. He explores evidence and case histories from the Netherlands
and Oregon, where the practices have been legalized. He analyzes libertarian and autonomy-based
arguments for legalization as well as the impact of key U.S. Supreme Court decisions
on the debate. And he examines the history and evolution of laws and attitudes regarding
assisted suicide and euthanasia in American society."--BOOK JACKET
Sujet(s) : Euthanasie
Assistance médicalisée pour mourir
Aide au suicide
Droit à la mort
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780691124582 (cloth) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0691124582 (cloth) (alk. paper). -
ISBN 9780691140971 (pbk.) (acid-free paper). - ISBN 0691140979 (pbk.) (acid-free paper)
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