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BL
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1027642
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b782012
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Whiting, Raymond,1959-
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| Title & Author
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A natural right to die : : twenty-three centuries of debate /\ Raymond Whiting.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, Conn. :: Greenwood Press,, 2002.
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| Series Statement
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Contributions in legal studies,; no. 101
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1 online resource (x, 222 pages)
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| ISBN
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0313076049
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: 9780313076046
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0313314748
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9780313314742
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-213) and index.
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| Contents
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Contemporary attitudes about death -- A brief modern history and definition of terms -- Attitudes around the world -- Anatomy of a right -- Opposition to the "right to die" -- Roman natural law theory -- Natural law theory through the Middle Ages -- The development of natural rights theory -- The evolution of natural law theory and the "right to die" -- The American interpretation of natural law -- Natural law and the Post-Revolutionary era -- Natural law and the constitution: then and now -- The American interpretation of natural law as it pertains to the "right to die" -- Applications.
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While other books deal with the contemporary issue of the "right to die," no attempt has been made to demonstrate substantially the historic nature of this question beyond the borders of the United States. Whiting demonstrates that the "right to die" controversy stretches back more than two thousand years, and he explains how current attitudes and practices in the U.S. have been influenced by the legal and cultural development of the ancient western world. This perspective allows the reader to understand not only the origins of the controversy, but also the different perspectives that each age has contributed to the ongoing debate.
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Natural law-- History.
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Right to die-- Law and legislation-- History.
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Right to die-- Law and legislation-- United States-- History.
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LAW-- Administrative Law Regulatory Practice.
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Natural law.
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Right to die-- Law and legislation.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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344.73/04197
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KF3827.E87W48 2002eb
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