TY  - BOOK
AU  - Steinbock, Bonnie
TI  - Killing and Letting Die
SN  - 0823215628   
U1  - O66.9 
PY  - 1994///
CY  - New York
PB  - Fordham University Press
KW  - Euthanasia
N1  - 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
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