The Weight of Living: Autonomy, Care, and Responsibility for the Self

What control should we have over our death? In this paper, I re-examine the way this question has been approached in the euthanasia debate by exploring what it means to take responsibility for one's own life, especially in the face of mental disability. I do so through presenting anthropologica...

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Main Author: McKearney, Patrick (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: [2018]
In: Journal of disability & religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Pages: 266-282
Further subjects:B Social Anthropology
B Agency
B Learning disability
B Autonomy
B Responsibility
B Care
B Euthanasia
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)

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