The Ethics of Medical Involvement in Capital Punishment A Philosophical Discussion / by Joseph B.R. Gaie.
The morality of capital punishment has been debated for a long time. This however has 1 not resulted in the settlement of the question either way. Philosophers are still divided. In this work I am not addressing the morality of capital punishment per se. My question is different but related. It is t...
Saved in:
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Corporate Author: | |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2004.
|
Edition: | 1st ed. 2004. |
Series: | International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine,
18 Springer eBook Collection. |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | Click to view e-book |
Holy Cross Note: | Loaded electronically. Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community. |
Table of Contents:
- Medicalisation of Capital Punishment
- Role/Professional Versus Ordinary Morality
- The Morality of Euthanasia and Its Implications for the Medicalisation of Capital Punishment
- The Military Doctor
- Medical Involvement in the Wider Capital Punishment Process
- Kantian Theory
- Utilitarian Arguments for Medicalisation
- The Medical Doctor and a Condemned Prisoner.