From Ars Moriendi to Assisted Suicide: Bonhoefferian Explorations into Cultures of Death and Dying

The essay is intended to shed light on the back-stage of contemporary debates about death and the dying, and more specifically on newer trends that emphasise the importance of ‘dying well’ and the moral viability of a ‘good death’. It raises the question as to whether there is a hidden conceptual li...

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Main Author: Wannenwetsch, Bernd (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2011
In: Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2011, Volume: 24, Issue: 4, Pages: 428-440
Further subjects:B Assisted Suicide
B Ars moriendi
B Technology
B Bonhoeffer
B Death
B Dying
B Euthanasia
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