Euthanasia, Abortion, Death Penalty and Religion - The Right to Life and its Limitations

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. The Right to Life Questioned. Introductory Remarks

   • Hans-Georg Ziebertz, Francesco Zaccaria

   Pages 1-12

3. Religion and the Right to (Dispose of) Life: A Study of the Attitude of Christian, Muslim and Hindu Students in India Concerning Death Penalty, Euthanasia and Abortion

   • Francis-Vincent Anthony, Carl Sterkens

   Pages 13-63

4. The Right to Life Among Chilean Youth

   • Jorge Manzi, Joaquin Silva

   Pages 65-81

5. Human Dignity, Religious Ethics or Hedonism – What Can Predict Young People’s Attitudes in Germany Towards the Right to Life in the Cases of Euthanasia and Abortion?

   • Hans-Georg Ziebertz

   Pages 83-104

6. The Impact of Religion on Attitudes Towards Abortion and Euthanasia. An Empirical Study Among Italian Students

   • Francesco Zaccaria, Francis-Vincent Anthony, Carl Sterkens

   Pages 105-137

7. Religion, Human Rights and Matters of Life and Death: Exploring Attitude Toward Abortion and Euthanasia Among Adolescents in England and Wales

   • Leslie J. Francis, Ursula McKenna, Abdullah Sahin

   Pages 139-159

8. The Right to Life: A Perspective of Young Palestinian Muslims

   • Raymond J. Webb, Fatma Jamal Asa’d

   Pages 161-186

9. Attitudes Towards the Right to Life and the Religiosity of Young People in Lithuania

   • Milda Ališauskienė, Aušra Maslauskaitė

   Pages 187-207

10. Death Penalty and the Right to Life. A Comparative Empirical Study in Tanzania and Nigeria

    • Clement Fumbo, Modestus Adimekwe, Hans-Georg Ziebertz

    Pages 209-242

11. Religion and Attitudes Towards Abortion and Euthanasia Among Young People in Poland and Norway

    • Pål Ketil Botvar, Claudia Sarti, Katarzyna Zielińska, Marcin K. Zwierżdżyński

    Pages 243-270

12. Religion, Trust in Institutions and Attitudes Towards Abortion: A Comparison of Lutheran and Orthodox Countries

    • Olga Breskaya, Pål Ketil Botvar, Anders Sjöborg, Silviu Rogobete

    Pages 271-299

13. Correction to: Religion and Attitudes Towards Abortion and Euthanasia Among Young People in Poland and Norway

    • Pål Ketil Botvar, Claudia Sarti, Katarzyna Zielińska, Marcin K. Zwierżdżyński

    Pages C1-C1

14. Back Matter

    Pages 301-3006

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This book considers how the termination of life might be accepted in the view of a general obligation to protect life. It features more than 10 papers written by scholars from 14 countries that offer international comparative empirical research. Inside, readers will find case studies from such areas as: India, Chile, Germany, Italy, England, Palestine, Lithuania, Nigeria, and Poland.

The papers focus on three limitations of the right to life: the death penalty, abortion, and euthanasia. The contributors explore how young people understand and evaluate the right to life and its limitations. The book presents unique empirical research among today's youth and reveals that, among other concepts, religiosity matters. It provides insight into the acceptance, perception, and legitimation of human rights by people from different religious and cultural backgrounds.

This investigation rigorously tests for inter-individual differences regarding political and judicial rights on religious grounds, while controlling for other characteristics. It will help readers better understand the many facets of this fundamental, yet controversial, philosophical question. The volume will be of interest to students, researchers, as well as general readers searching for answers.

• Human Rights and Religion
• The Right to Life
• Religion and Euthanasia
• Religion and Abortion
• Religion and Death Penalty
• Limitation of Human Rights
• Religious Diversity
• Youth Research
• Empirical Research
• Cross-national Comparative Research
• Christian and death penalty
• Hindu and death penalty
• Muslim and death penalty
• youth and right to life
• religion and society

• Faculty of Theology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

  Hans-Georg Ziebertz

• Department of Practical Theology, Apulian Theological Faculty, Bari, Italy

  Francesco Zaccaria

Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Ziebertz is Professor for Practical Theology, University of Würzburg, Germany. He is coordinator of the international research project “Religion and Human Rights”, many publications on these issues.

Francesco Zaccaria is Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology, Apulian Theological Faculty, Bari, Italy.

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