Levinas and The Hippocratic Oath: A Discussion of Physician-Assisted Suicide  

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Degnin, Francis Dominic

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy vol. 22 no. 2 (Apr. 1997), page 99-123.
Topik: Ethics; Hippocratic Oath; Justice; Levinas; Physician-assisted Suicide

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: MM80.6 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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At lesat from the standpoint of contemporary cultural and ethical resources, physicians have argued eloquently and exhaustively both for and againts physician-assisted suicide. If one avoids the temptation to ruthlessly simplify either position to immorality or error, then a strange dilemma arises. How is it that well educated and intellogent physicians, committed strongly and and compassionately to the care of their patients, argue adamantly for opposing positions? Thus rather than simply rehashing old arguments, this essay attempts to rethink the nature of human morality as both a source and a fracturing of human rationality - and with morality, the question of human nature in the context of violence, oppression, service, and obligation. This interpretation of moral life is laid out roughly along the lines of the Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas, and further clarified through a discussion of the Hippocratic Oath. These resources are then brought to bear on the specific arguments and recommendations concerning physician-assisted suicide.

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