Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy: An Argument against Legalisation (2nd Edition) – eBook PDF Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy, 2nd Edition, (PDF) argues against the legalization of voluntary euthanasia and/or physician-assisted suicide on the view that, even if they were ethically defensible in particular ‘hard cases’, neither could be successfully controlled by law. It maintains that the experience of legalization in the Belgium, Netherlands, and Oregon lends backing to the two ‘slippery slope’ opinions against legalization, the ‘logical’ and the ’empirical’. The empirical argument challenges the practicality of drafting and enforcing adequate safeguards against abuse and mistake; the logical argument...
Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy: An Argument against Legalisation (2nd Edition) – eBook PDF
