How Ethical Systems Change: Tolerable Suffering and Assisted Dying
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How Ethical Systems Change: Tolerable Suffering and Assisted Dying

  1. 86 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

How Ethical Systems Change: Tolerable Suffering and Assisted Dying

About this book

Medical advances prolong life. They also sometimes prolong suffering. Should we protect life or alleviate suffering? This dilemma formed the foundation for a powerful right-to-die movement and a counterbalancing concern over an emerging culture of death. What are the qualities of a life worth living? Where are the boundaries of tolerable suffering? This book is based on a hugely popular undergraduate course taught at the University of Texas, and is ideal for those interested in the social construction of social worth, social problems, and social movements.

This book is part of a larger text, Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides?, http://www.routledge.com/9780415892476/

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Glossary/Index
A
AAHS (Americans against Human Suffering) 44
abortion 2, 19, 30, 53, 57
ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) 38
Adkins, Janet 46–47, 48, 49
ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) 49
Alzheimer’s disease 47
AMA (American Medical Association) 22, 23, 24, 57 American Journal of Psychiatry 49
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 39
Annie Hall (film) 39
Archdiocese of Detroit 50–51
Ashcroft, John 58
assisted suicide
and assisted dying 32–33, 43, 51–53
concerns about 4
criticism of 42, 48
and the elderly 35
and Elizabeth Bouvia 39
and Final Exit 38, 48
and Jack Kevorkian 49–50
and Karen Quinlan 14
laws and decisions regarding 10, 14, 38, 53–58
and Oregon 53–54, 56
and public opinion 21, 44, 46
right to 3
and Timothy Quil, 51–52
Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997 55
Attorney General 54, 57, 58
B
Baby Doe Regulations: regulations that mandated health care for seriously ill and disabled newborns, even if such care will likely have little impact on prolonging the child’s life and is against the wishes of the parent. Parents who refuse care can be charged with child abuse. 38
Barber v. Superior Court 44
Bartling v. Superior Court 44
beneficence: more than engaging in discretionary kindness or charity, beneficence refers to the obligation to maximize benefits and minimize harms 7, 10, 13
B...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Afterword
  7. Preface
  8. I: What Lies Ahead
  9. II: Limits to Tolerable Suffering
  10. III: Alleviating Suffering and Protecting Life
  11. IV: God, Duty, and Life Worth Living
  12. V: Assisted Dying
  13. Bibliography
  14. Glossary/Index