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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Main Author: Kerstein, Samuel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2019]
In: Bioethics
Year: 2019, Volume: 33, Issue: 5, Pages: 591-600
RelBib Classification:NCH Medical ethics
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Voluntary Active Euthanasia
B Dignity
B physician-assisted suicide
B Velleman
B Combs
B Kant
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