Questions of Life and Death

What sort of right is the right to life? Does it make sense to speak of a right to die, or to be allowed to die, or to be helped to die, or to die with dignity? Are life and death straightforward alternatives? Are they possible objects of desire or aversion? Can they be given as gifts? If life is a...

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Main Author: Charlton, William (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge University Press 2008
In: New blackfriars
Year: 2008, Volume: 89, Issue: 1023, Pages: 499-507
Further subjects:B Gratitude
B Rights
B Life
B Death
B Gifts
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Summary:What sort of right is the right to life? Does it make sense to speak of a right to die, or to be allowed to die, or to be helped to die, or to die with dignity? Are life and death straightforward alternatives? Are they possible objects of desire or aversion? Can they be given as gifts? If life is a gift, have recipients of it a duty to be grateful? Answers to these questions are obtained by philosophical analysis, chiefly of the concepts of life and death.
ISSN:1741-2005
Contains:Enthalten in: New blackfriars
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2005.2007.00202.x