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Suicide and Euthanasia

Historical and Contemporary Themes

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. Baruch A. Brody

    1. Center for Ethics, Medicine, and Public Issues, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA
      Department of Philosophy, Rice University, Houston, USA

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Part of the book series: Philosophy and Medicine (PHME, volume 35)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-v
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  2. Introduction

    • Baruch A. Brody
    Pages 1-7

  3. Greek Philosophers on Euthanasia and Suicide

    • John M. Cooper
    Pages 9-38

  4. A Historical Introduction to Jewish Casuistry on Suicide and Euthanasia

    • Baruch A. Brody
    Pages 39-75

  5. Suicide and Early Christian Values

    • Darrel W. Amundsen
    Pages 77-153

  6. The Ethics of Suicide in the Renaissance and Reformation

    • Gary B. Ferngren
    Pages 155-181

  7. Suicide in the Age of Reason

    • Tom L. Beauchamp
    Pages 183-219

  8. Sanctity of Life and Suicide: Tensions and Developments within Common Morality

    • Joseph Boyle
    Pages 221-250

  9. Death by Free Choice: Modern Variations on an Antique Theme

    • H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr.
    Pages 251-280

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 281-288
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Reviews

`All in all, this is a volume that is indispensable for any academic library worthy of the name. ...To attempt to reflect upon these issues without the historical background and argumentation found in this brief volume would be to put oneself at a great disadvantage. On that basis I recommend it wholeheartedly.'
Ethics, January 1992

`The volume ... is of great value in addressing the historical issues, and one can earnestly hope that it will be widely used to enhance the sophistication and historical sensitivity of contemporary discussions of the ethics of suicide and euthanasia.'
ESPMH-Newsletter, 9, 1990

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Ethics, Medicine, and Public Issues, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA

    Baruch A. Brody

  • Department of Philosophy, Rice University, Houston, USA

    Baruch A. Brody

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Suicide and Euthanasia

  • Book Subtitle: Historical and Contemporary Themes

  • Editors: Baruch A. Brody

  • Series Title: Philosophy and Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7838-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1989

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0106-6Published: 31 August 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4039-8Published: 05 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-7838-7Published: 17 April 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0376-7418

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0080

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 288

  • Topics: Philosophy of Medicine, Ethics, Theory of Medicine/Bioethics

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