Euthanasia and eudaimonia
This paper re-evaluates euthanasia and assisted suicide from the perspective of eudaimonia, the ancient Greek conception of happiness across one’s whole life. It is argued that one cannot be said to have fully flourished or had a truly happy life if one’s death is preceded by a period of unbearable...
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2009, Volume: 35, Issue: 9, Pages: 530-533 |
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