Human Dignity and Assisted Death

Research Fellow, Ethics Research Institute, University of Zurich

• Contributors 1. Sebastian Muders: Introduction A. Dignity and the Case of Assisted Death 2. Jeff McMahan: Dignity and the Case Against Assisted Death 3. Ralf Stoecker: Dignity and the Case in Favor of Assisted Death B. Dignity at the End of Life 4. L. W. Sumner: Dignity Through Thick and Thin 5. Robert George/Christopher Kaczor: Death with Dignity: A Dangerous Euphemism C. Dignity and Disability 6. David Wasserman: Physical Disability, Dignity, and Physician Assisted Death 7. Rebecca Dresser: Dementia, Dignity, and Assisted Death D. Dignity and Autonomy 8. Sebastian Muders: Autonomy and the Value of Life as Elements of Human Dignity 9. Michael Cholbi: Dignity, Price, and Assisted Dying E. Dignity and the Value of Life 10. Luke Gormally: Two Competing Conceptions of Dignity 11. William FitzPatrick: The Value of Life and the Dignity of Persons F. Dignity and Rights 12. Margaret Battin: Dignity as a Fundamental Human Right Revisited13. Holger Baumann/Peter Schaber: Dignity as Moral Status and the Debate about Assisted Death

This is an important book which contributes to the complicated discussion about the importance of human dignity in life and in choosing one's death