Assisted Suicide: The Liberal, Humanist Case Against Legalization

by K. Yuill

Overview

This book presents an atheistic case against the legalization of assisted suicide. Critical of both sides of the argument, it questions the assumptions behind the discussion. Yuill shows that our attitudes towards suicide – not euthanasia – are most important to our attitudes towards assisted suicide.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137286307
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	03/05/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	188
File size:	346 KB

About the Author

Kevin Yuill lectures in History at the University of Sunderland, UK, specializing in the intellectual history of the twentieth century. He has published articles on assisted suicide in the Spectator, The Tablet and numerous other places. He is the author of Richard Nixon and the Rise of Affirmative Action.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Foreword by Brendan O'Neill Introduction Defining the Terms An Analysis of the Key Arguments on Both Sides The Origins of the Right-To-Die Movement Thinking About Suicide For Abortion, Against Assisted Suicide The Libertarian Case Against Assisted Suicide Notes and References Index