In this provocative book, a professor of philosophy examines the arguments for and against
euthanasia, analyzes specific case studies, including those of Baby Jane Doe and Barney …

In two recent papers, Hugh McLachlan, Jacob Busch and Raffaele Rodogno have criticised
my new perspective on euthanasia. Each paper analyses my argument and suggests two …

One of the most famous discussions in bioethics, James Rachels' advocacy of euthanasia,
contains an argument that implies the moral equivalence of killing and letting die. 1 What …

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List of contributors Foreword/Daniel Callahan Introduction/John Keown 1 1 Euthanasia and
the value of life/John Harris 6 2 A philosophical case against euthanasia/John Finnis 23 3 …

There is a marked disparity between medical intuitions and philosophical argument about
euthanasia. In this paper I argue that the following objections can be raised. First, medical …

In their account of passive euthanasia, Garrard and Wilkinson present arguments that might
lead one to overlook significant moral differences between killing and letting die. To kill is …

This chapter provides empirical evidence about everyday attitudes concerning euthanasia.
These attitudes have important implications for some ethical arguments about euthanasia …

The issue to be discussed is euthanasia—its advantages and disadvantages, the reasons
supporting its use, and the reasons opposing its use. As Joubert said in the eighteenth …

Our goal in this article is to explicate the way, and the extent to which, euthanasia can be
voluntary from both the perspective of the patient and the perspective of the health care …