Author : Neil M. Gorsuch
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780691140971
The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia by Neil M. Gorsuch Pdf
After assessing the strengths and weaknesses of arguments for assisted suicide and euthanasia, Gorsuch builds a nuanced, novel, and powerful moral and legal argument against legalization, one based on a principle that, surprisingly, has largely been overlooked in the debate; the idea that human life is intrinsically valuable and that intentional killing is always wrong. At the same time, the argument Gorsuch develops leaves wide latitude for individual patient autonomy and the refusal of unwanted medical treatment and life-sustaining care, permitting intervention only in cases where an intention to kill is present.