This book is a philosophical discussion of moral, legal, and medical issues related to aging, dying, and death. One of its aims is to decide whether and when it might make sense to not resist or bring about the end of one's life. To answer this question it considers views about meaning in life and what makes life worth living. It also evaluates recent attempts to help the general public plan in advance for the end of life. It also considers whether or not physician-assisted suicide is morally permissible and if it should be legalized.
This book is a philosophical discussion of moral, legal, and medical issues related to aging, dying, and death. One of its aims is to decide whether and when it might make sense to not resist or bring about the end of one's life. To answer this question it considers views about meaning in life and what makes life worth living. It also evaluates recent attempts to help the general public plan in advance for the end of life. It also considers whether or not physician-assisted suicide is morally permissible and if it should be legalized.
F. M. Kamm is Henry Rutgers University Professor of Philosophy and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. Previously she has been Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Medicine (Bioethics), and Adjunct Professor of Law at New York University; she was also Littauer Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy, Professor of Philosophy, and Law School Affiliated Faculty at Harvard University. She is the author of numerous articles on normative ethical theory and practical ethics as well as the author of such books as Creation and Abortion (OUP 1992), Morality, Mortality, vols. 1 and 2 (OUP 1993, 1996), Intricate Ethics (OUP 2007), Ethics for Enemies (OUP 2011), Bioethical Prescriptions (OUP 2013), and The Trolley Problem Mysteries (OUP 2015). She serves on the editorial boards of Philosophy & Public Affairs, Legal Theory, and the Journal of Moral Philosophy. She has received NEH, AAUW, and Guggenheim Fellowships.
Inhaltsangabe
* Introduction * Chapter 1: The Badness of Death and What to Do About It (If Anything) * Chapter 2: The Purpose of My Death: Kagan on the Worth of Living On * Chapter 3: Death, Dying, and Meaning: Gawande on Choosing How to Die * Chapter 4: Advanced and End of Life Care: Some Cautionary Suggestions * Chapter 5: Direction and Distribution in Life: Lessons from Benjamin Button * Chapter 6: Death Wish: Beyond End of Life Care * Chapter 7: Five Easy Arguments for Assisted Suicide and Objections of Velleman and Gorsuch * Chapter 8: Death and the State: Public Policy of Suicide, Assisted Suicide, and Capital Punishment * Appendix: Cost of Effectiveness Analysis and Fairness
* Introduction * Chapter 1: The Badness of Death and What to Do About It (If Anything) * Chapter 2: The Purpose of My Death: Kagan on the Worth of Living On * Chapter 3: Death, Dying, and Meaning: Gawande on Choosing How to Die * Chapter 4: Advanced and End of Life Care: Some Cautionary Suggestions * Chapter 5: Direction and Distribution in Life: Lessons from Benjamin Button * Chapter 6: Death Wish: Beyond End of Life Care * Chapter 7: Five Easy Arguments for Assisted Suicide and Objections of Velleman and Gorsuch * Chapter 8: Death and the State: Public Policy of Suicide, Assisted Suicide, and Capital Punishment * Appendix: Cost of Effectiveness Analysis and Fairness
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