Killing and Letting Die
- 2th ed.
- New York Fordham University Press 1994
- 431p
includes index and biblioraphy
Part I : Euthanasia and the termination of life-prolonging treatment In the matter of karen Quinlan............51 Majority opinion in Cruzan .....................79 Prolonging life: Some legal considerations....88 An irrelevant consideration:killing versus letting die.................103 Active and passive Euthanasia.......112 THe international termination of life.....120 Active and passive euthanasia: An Impertinent distinction..........131 More impertinent distinctions and a defense of Active Euthanasia........139 Coming to terms : A response to rachels ............155 Part II. PHilosophical Problems whatever the Consequences.......167 On killing and letting die.........192 Is killing the innocent absolutely immoral........197 THe moral Equivalence of action and Omission......210 Negation and Abstention: two theories of allowing .......230 The survival lottery............257 The problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of the Double Effect........266 \Killing and letting die..........280 Saving life and taking life.............290 THe priority of Avoiding Harm.......298 Actions, intention, and consequences: the Doctrine of doing and allowing ......355 Killing, Letting die, and withdrawing aid.........383