While other books deal with the contemporary issue of the right
to die, no attempt has been made to demonstrate substantially the
historic nature of this question beyond the borders of the United
States. Whiting demonstrates that the right to die controversy
stretches back more than two thousand years, and he explains how
current attitudes and practices in the U.S. have been influenced by
the legal and cultural development of the ancient western world.
This perspective allows the reader to understand not only the
origins of the controversy, but also the different perspectives
that each age has contributed to the ongoing debate.
Whiting discusses the development of legal rights within both
western culture and the United States, then applies these
developments to the question of the right to die. In an environment
of public debate that features such emotional events as the
exploits of Jack Kevorkian, the publication of how to suicide
manuals, and the counterattacks of Right to Life groups, the United
States is left with very few options.
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