The future of assisted suicide and euthanasia /
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press
©2006.
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| Series: | New forum books.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7t36c |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Glucksberg and quill controversies : the judiciary's (non)resolution of the assisted suicide debate
- 2.1. The Washington due process litigation
- 2.2. The New York equal protection litigation
- 2.3. The final battle? : the Supreme Court does (and does not) decide
- 2.4. The aftermath of Glucksberg and Quill
- 3. The debate over history
- 3.1. Which history?
- 3.2. The project
- 3.3. The ancients
- 3.4. Early Christian history
- 3.5. English common law
- 3.6. Colonial American experience
- 3.7. The modern consensus on suicide and its assistance
- 3.8. The euthanasia movement
- 3.9. Prevailing law today
- 3.10. Conclusion
- 4. Arguments from fairness and equal protection : if a right to refuse, then a right to assisted suicide?
- 4.1. An act /omission distinction?
- 4.2. A causation-based distinction?
- 4.3. Toward an intent-based distinction : the insight of the double effect principle
- 4.4. Some (initial) arguments against double effect : conflating intent and foresight
- 4.5. Distinguishing suicide, assisted suicide, and euthanasia from the right to refuse : intending versus foreseeing death
- 4.6. Some (additional) criticisms of double effect as applied to the assisted suicide debate
- 4.7. Conclusion.
- 5. Casey and Cruzan : do they intimate a right to assisted suicide and euthanasia?
- 5.1. The "reasoned judgment" test and its critics
- 5.2. Casey-based arguments
- 5.3. Cruzan-based arguments
- 5.4. Conclusion
- 6. Autonomy theory's implications for the debate over assisted suicide and euthanasia
- 6.1. The autonomy debate
- 6.2. The neutralist view of autonomy
- 6.3. The harm principle's competing view
- 6.4. Perfectionism and autonomy
- 6.5. The implications of autonomy theory for the assisted suicide and euthanasia debate
- 7. Legalization and the law of unintended consequences : utilitarian arguments for legalization
- 7.1. The Dutch experience : "virtually abuse-free"?
- 7.2. The Oregon experience : an "all-too conscientious" statutory regime?
- 7.3. Legalization and other unintended consequences
- 7.4. Decriminalization as a "costless" enterprise?
- 7.5. How to "balance" the costs and benefits of legalization?
- 7.6. Conclusion.
- 8. Two test cases : Posner and Epstein
- 8.1. Posner's utilitarian case for assisted suicide
- 8.2. Posner's and Epstein's libertarian case for assisted suicide
- 9. An argument against legalization
- 9.1. The Inviolability of human life
- 9.2. What does it mean to respect human life as a basic good?
- 9.3. Some objections
- 9.4. The future of the Oregon experiment?
- 10. Toward a consistent end-of-life ethic : the "right to refuse" care for competent and incompetent patients
- 10.1. The inviolability of life and the "right to refuse" for competent persons
- 10.2. The "right to refuse" and infant patients
- 10.3. The "right to refuse" and incompetent adult patients
- 10.4. Conclusions
- Epilogue
- Appendix A. Certain American statutory laws banning or disapproving of assisted suicide
- Appendix B. Statistical calculations.