Inalienable Rights

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Inalienable Rights

The Limits of Consent in Medicine and the Law

Ethics and moral philosophy Methods, theory and philosophy of law Law as it applies to other professions and disciplines Medical ethics and professional conduct

Author: Terrance McConnell

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Language: English

Published by: Oxford University Press

Published on: 19th October 2000

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 406 Kb

ISBN: 9780190285470


About the Book

This book explains what inalienable rights are and how they restrict the behavior of their possessors. McConnell develops compelling arguments to support the inalienability of the right to life, the right of conscience, and a competent person’s right not to have medical treatment administered without consent.

Yet, surprisingly, he argues that the inalienability of the right to life does not entail that voluntary euthanasia or assisted suicide are wrong. This distinctive defense of inalienable rights will appeal to medical ethicists and other applied ethicists, political theorists, and philosophers of law.

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