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100 _aSteinbock, Bonnie
245 _aKilling and Letting Die
250 _a2th ed.
260 _aNew York
_bFordham University Press
_c1994
300 _a431p
500 _aincludes index and biblioraphy
505 2 _aPart 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
650 _aEuthanasia
902 _bTFS
942 _cBK
999 _c103360
_d103360