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Licensed Unlicensed Requires Authentication Published by Fordham University Press 1994

17. Killing and Letting Die

From the book Killing and Letting Die

  • Philippa Foot
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823295968-020
© 1994 Fordham University Press, New York, USA
From the book
Killing and Letting Die
Killing and Letting Die

Chapters in this book (28)

Frontmatter
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Introduction to the Second Edition
Introduction
PART I: EUTHANASIA AND THE TERMINATION OF LIFE-PROLONGING TREATMENT
1. In the Matter of Karen Quinlan
2. Majority Opinion in Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health (selections)
3. Prolonging Life: Some Legal considerations
4. An Irrelevant Consideration: Killing Versus Letting D~
5. Active and Passive Euthanasia
6. The Intentional Termination of Life
7. Active and Passive Euthanasia: An Impertinent Distinction?
8. More Impertinent Distinctions and a Defense of Active Euthanasia
9. Coming to Terms: a Response to Rachels
PART II: PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS
10. Whatever the Consequences
11. On Killing and Letting Die
12. Is Killing the Innocent Absolutely Immoral?
13. The Moral Equivalence of Action and Omission
14. Negation and Abstention: Two Theories of Allowing
15. The Survival Lottery
16. The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of the Double Effect
17. Killing and Letting Die
18. Saving Life and Taking Life
19. The Priority of Avoiding Harm
20. Actions, Intentions, and Consequences: The Doctrine of Doing and Allowing
21. Killing, Letting Die, and Withdrawing Aid
Suggested Readings
Notes on Contributors
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