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John Stuart Mill's On Liberty (1860) continues to shape modern
Western conceptions of individual freedom. In this volume, eight
leading Mill scholars comment on this landmark work. Their essays,
selected for their importance and accessibility, serve as an
excellent introduction to this foundational text. Designed with
political philosophy and philosophy of law courses in mind, this
collection of essays by the leading Mill scholars is an ideal
introduction to On Liberty. Clear and insightful, the essays make
clear the continued relevance of Mill's work to contemporary
struggles to protect individual rights without harming others. The
collection is also useful for courses devoted to Mill at either the
undergraduate or graduate level. Mill and Milquetoast, David Lewis.
John Stuart Mill and the Harm of Pornography, David Dyzenhaus. Mill
and Pornography, Robert Skipper. Paternalism, Gerald Dworkin.
Paternalism, Utility, and Fairness, Richard Arneson. Liberty and
Harm to Others, David Lyons. Profound Offense, Joel Feinberg. The
Doctrine of Liberty in its Application to Morals, James Fitzjames
Stephen.
The moral issues involved in doctors assisting patients to die with dignity are of absolutely central concern to the medical profession, ethicists, and the public at large. The debate is fueled by cases that extend way beyond passive euthanasia to the active consideration of killing by physicians. The need for a sophisticated but lucid exposition of the two sides of the argument is now urgent. This book supplies that need. Two prominent philosophers, Gerald Dworkin and R. G. Frey argue that in certain circumstances it is morally and should be legally permissible for physicians to provide the knowledge and means by which patients can take their lives. One of the best-known ethicists in the US (author of Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private) Sissela Bok argues that the legalization of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide would entail grave risks and would in no way deal adequately with the needs of those at the end of their lives, least of all in societies without health insurance available to all. All the moral and factual issues relevant to this controversy are explored. The book will thus enable readers to begin to decide for themselves how to confront a decision that we are all likely to face at some point in our lives.
Including a copy of the act, the culmination of 15 years of
consideration of reforms to the law of copyright, this book
provides a legal framework for the advances in technology in recent
years and aims to explain the detail of the act as well as describe
the existing law which underpins it.
This important new book develops a new concept of autonomy. The
notion of autonomy has emerged as central to contemporary moral and
political philosophy, particularly in the area of applied ethics.
Professor Dworkin examines the nature and value of autonomy and
used the concept to analyze various practical moral issues such as
proxy consent in the medical context, paternalism, and entrapment
by law enforcement officials.
The moral issues involved in doctors assisting patients to die with dignity are of absolutely central concern to the medical profession, ethicists, and the public at large. The debate is fueled by cases that extend way beyond passive euthanasia to the active consideration of killing by physicians. The need for a sophisticated but lucid exposition of the two sides of the argument is now urgent. This book supplies that need. Two prominent philosophers, Gerald Dworkin and R. G. Frey argue that in certain circumstances it is morally and should be legally permissible for physicians to provide the knowledge and means by which patients can take their lives. One of the best-known ethicists in the US (author of Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private) Sissela Bok argues that the legalization of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide would entail grave risks and would in no way deal adequately with the needs of those at the end of their lives, least of all in societies without health insurance available to all. All the moral and factual issues relevant to this controversy are explored. The book will thus enable readers to begin to decide for themselves how to confront a decision that we are all likely to face at some point in our lives.
This important new book develops a new concept of autonomy. The notion of autonomy has emerged as central to contemporary moral and political philosophy, particularly in the area of applied ethics. Professor Dworkin examines the nature and value of autonomy and used the concept to analyze various practical moral issues such as proxy consent in the medical context, paternalism, and entrapment by law enforcement officials.
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