| Euthanasia: agreeing to disagree? | |
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PMID: 20676776 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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In discussions about the legalisation of active, voluntary euthanasia it is sometimes claimed that what should happen in a liberal society is that the two sides in the debate "agree to disagree". This paper explores what is entailed by agreeing to disagree and shows that this is considerably more complicated than what is usually believed to be the case. Agreeing to disagree is philosophically problematic and will often lead to an unstable compromise. |
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Authors:
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Søren Holm |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Medicine, health care, and philosophy Volume: 13 ISSN: 1572-8633 ISO Abbreviation: Med Health Care Philos Publication Date: 2010 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-10-05 Completed Date: 2011-01-28 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9815900 Medline TA: Med Health Care Philos Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 399-402 Citation Subset: E; IM |
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Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, School of Law, Williamson Building, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK. Soren.holm@manchester.ac.uk |
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Attitude of Health Personnel Attitude to Death* Decision Making / ethics Dissent and Disputes Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary / ethics*, legislation & jurisprudence Great Britain Health Policy Humans Netherlands Politics Refusal to Treat / ethics, legislation & jurisprudence |
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