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Death Talk
Margaret A. Somerville
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Description for Death Talk
Paperback. A reasoned, passionate, and wide-ranging enquiry into the euthanasia debate and its consequences for individuals and society. Num Pages: 470 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFFH; MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 698.
There are vast ethical, legal, and social differences between natural death and euthanasia. In Death Talk Margaret Somerville argues that legalizing euthanasia would cause irreparable harm to society's value of respect for human life, which in secular societies is carried primarily by the institutions of law and medicine. Death has always been a central focus of the discussion that we engage in as individuals and as a society in searching for meaning in life. Moreover, we accommodate the inevitable reality of death into the living of our lives by discussing it, that is, through "death talk." Until the last ... Read more
There are vast ethical, legal, and social differences between natural death and euthanasia. In Death Talk Margaret Somerville argues that legalizing euthanasia would cause irreparable harm to society's value of respect for human life, which in secular societies is carried primarily by the institutions of law and medicine. Death has always been a central focus of the discussion that we engage in as individuals and as a society in searching for meaning in life. Moreover, we accommodate the inevitable reality of death into the living of our lives by discussing it, that is, through "death talk." Until the last ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
470
Condition
New
Number of Pages
470
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773543768
SKU
V9780773543768
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About Margaret A. Somerville
Margaret Somerville is Gale Professor of Law, professor in the Faculty of Medicine, and founding director of the McGill Centre for Medicine, Ethics, and Law at McGill University. She is also the author of The Ethical Canary: Science, Society, and the Human Spirit.
Reviews for Death Talk
"This book would be a most welcome addition to the library of any person interested in the debate on euthanasia. Somerville succeeds in discussing openly and honestly both sides of the euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide debate." Saskatchewan Law Review