The Ethics of Assisted Dying: A Case for a Recovery of Prudence Among the Virtues
The starting point for discussion in this paper is a case study, namely that of the controversy surrounding the case of withdrawing feeding from Eluana Englaro who had been in a permanent vegetative state (PVS) for seventeen years. I press the case for a recovery of classical prudence or practical w...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2011, Volume: 24, Issue: 4, Pages: 449-461 |
| Further subjects: | B
Prudence
B Virtue B Thomas Aquinas B Medical Ethics B permanent vegetative state B assisted dying |
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