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8. Two Test Cases: Posner and Epstein

From the book The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400830343.143
From the book
The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia

Chapters in this book (20)

Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. The Glucksberg and Quill Controversies: The Judiciary’s (Non)Resolution of the Assisted Suicide Debate
3. The Debate over History
4. Arguments from Fairness and Equal Protection: If a Right to Refuse, Then a Right to Assisted Suicide?
5. Casey and Cruzan: Do They Intimate a Right to Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia?
6. Autonomy Theory’s Implications for the Debate over Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
7. Legalization and the Law of Unintended Consequences: Utilitarian Arguments for Legalization
8. Two Test Cases: Posner and Epstein
9. An Argument against Legalization
10. Toward a Consistent End-of-Life Ethic: The “Right to Refuse” Care for Competent and Incompetent Patients
Epilogue
Appendix A. Certain American Statutory Laws Banning or Disapproving of Assisted Suicide
Appendix B. Statistical Calculations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Backmatter
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