Hastening death and respect for dignity: Kantianism at the end of life
Suppose that a young athlete has just become quadriplegic. He expects to live several more decades, but out of self-interest he autonomously chooses to engage in physician-assisted suicide (PAS) or voluntary active euthanasia (VAE). Some of us are unsure whether he or his physician would be acting r...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2019]
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Bioethics
Year: 2019, Volume: 33, Issue: 5, Pages: 591-600 |
RelBib Classification: | NCH Medical ethics VA Philosophy |
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Voluntary Active Euthanasia
B Dignity B physician-assisted suicide B Velleman B Combs B Kant |
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