LEGITIMIZING THE SHAMEFUL: END-OF-LIFE ETHICS AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DEATH
This paper explores one of the most politically sensitive and intellectually neglected issues in bioethics – the interface between the history of contemporary end-of-life ethics and the economics of life and death. It suggests that contrary to general belief, economic impulses have increasingly beco...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2007
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Bioethics
Year: 2007, Volume: 21, Issue: 1, Pages: 23-31 |
| Further subjects: | B
burdensome life
B Political Economy B Ideology B Hegemony B History B unspoken argument B Euthanasia |
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| Summary: | This paper explores one of the most politically sensitive and intellectually neglected issues in bioethics – the interface between the history of contemporary end-of-life ethics and the economics of life and death. It suggests that contrary to general belief, economic impulses have increasingly become part of the conditions in which contemporary end-of-life ethics continues to evolve. Although this conclusion does not refute the philosophical justifications provided by the ethics for itself, it may cast new light upon its social role. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-8519 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Bioethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2007.00520.x |