This book throws a spotlight on the under-explored African perspective on the mercurial
concept of human dignity. To do so, it employs two strategies. In the first instance, it …

This book emerges as a response to two considerations in the literature concerned with the
discourse on personhood in African philosophy. Firstly, a number of scholars have raised …

Aim Through an examination of the present situation relating to legalizing euthanasia and/or
physician‐assisted death in N ew Z ealand, this paper is intended to encourage nurses …

Background: In the majority of countries, active direct euthanasia is a forbidden way of the
deprivation of the patients' life, while its passive form is commonly accepted. This distinction …

Among the crimes in the South African black townships, mob justice has become a growing
concern. Some questions that need to be asked are: Is our police force doing enough to …

Opponents of legalising assisted dying often make the Argument from Sufficient Palliation.
On the premise that advances in palliative treatment have made it possible to free terminal …

To the Editor: Following the Stransham-Ford case in the Pretoria High Court, the South
African Medical Association (SAMA) has stated clearly that it does not support the right to die …

This chapter applies African theories of human dignity to select themes in applied ethics.
Specifically, it applies the four theories of human dignity to the cases of euthanasia, animal …

This book is about human dignity. It imagines itself as an open invitation for a truly global
conversation about human dignity among philosophers and ethicists, among others. There …

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til dánar-og sjálfsvígsaðstoðar og auka þekkingu á málefninu. Notast er við megindlega …