Title
Compassion and the Personalism of American Jurisprudence: Bioethical Entailments
Department/School
Philosophy
Date
2010
Document Type
Book Chapter
Keywords
medical professional, free choice, human person, assisted suicide, equal protection
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9791-0_4
Abstract
Prima facie, compassion seems to dictate the permissibility of assisted suicide for the terminally ill as well as the permissibility of in vitro fertilization for desperate would-be parents.
Published in
Bioethics with Liberty and Justice: Themes in the Work of Joseph M. Boyle
COinS
Citation/Other Information
R. Mary Hayden Lemmons. "Compassion and the Personalism of American Jurisprudence: Bioethical Entailments." Bioethics with Liberty and Justice: Themes in the Work of Joseph M. Boyle, 59-74, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9791-0_4