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Aiming to kill : the ethics of suicide and euthanasia / Nigel Biggar.
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Title:Aiming to kill : the ethics of suicide and euthanasia / Nigel Biggar.
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Author/Creator:Biggar, Nigel.
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Published/Created:Cleveland : Pilgrim Press, 2004.
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Call Number: W50 .B542 2004
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects: Euthanasia--Moral and ethical aspects.
Death--Moral and ethical aspects.
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Medical Subjects:Euthanasia--ethics.
Christianity.
Euthanasia--legislation & jurisprudence.
Suicide, Assisted--ethics.
Suicide, Assisted--legislation & jurisprudence.
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Description:220 pages. 22 cm.
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [208]-216]) and index.
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Contents:1. The traditional position and the pressures for change. The Western legal tradition
The Christian ethical hinterland
The exceptional value of human life
The justification of taking human life
Suicide
Christian ethics, assisted suicide, and voluntary euthanasia
The cultural pressures for change
2. The value of human life
3. The morality of acts of killing
4. Slippery slopes.