Is There a Right to Die?

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1993Publisher:JSTORJournal:The Hastings Center Report, volume 23, page 34 (issn: 0093-0334,

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Authors: L R, Kass;

doi: 10.2307/3562279

pmid: 8436490

Is There a Right to Die?

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Abstract

To speak of rights in the very troubling matter of medically managed death is ill suited both to sound personal decisionmaking and to sensible public policy. There is no firm philosophical or legal argument for a "right to die."

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University of Chicago
United States

Keywords

Ethics, Moral Obligations, Value of Life, Euthanasia, Right to Die, Morals, United States, Personhood, Social Justice, Personal Autonomy, Humans, Ethics, Medical, Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary, Philosophy, Medical

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