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The Failure of the Freedom-Based and Utilitarian Arguments for Assisted Suicide

The Failure of the Freedom-Based and Utilitarian Arguments for Assisted Suicide THE FAILURE OF THE FREEDOM-BASED AND UTILITARIAN ARGUMENTS FOR ASSISTED SUICIDE B Y SCOTT FITZGIBBON "Judge freedom to be happiness and courage to be freedom." In recent years, numerous initiatives have been launched to promote physician-assisted suicide. Numerous statutes have been proposed, and one (in Oregon) has been enacted. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit were recently persuaded to recognize constitutionally protected rights to assisted suicide, although their decisions have been reversed by the 1. Thanks are extended, for assistance on this or on a predecessor article, to Harold Berman, Robert W. Woodruff Professor, Emory University School of Law and Ames Professor Emeritus, Harvard Law School; Professor Gerard Bradley, Notre Dame Law School; John E. Coons, Bridges Professor Emeritus, University of California at Berkeley School of Law; John Finnis, FBA, Professor of Law and Legal Philosophy, University of Oxford, Biolchini Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame; Jane Greenlaw, Associate Professor and Director, Division of the Medical Humanities, University of Rochester Medical Center; Germain Grisez, The Reverend Harry J. Flynn Professor of Christian Ethics, Mount St. Mary's College; Professor M. Cathleen Kaveny, Notre Dame http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Jurisprudence Oxford University Press

The Failure of the Freedom-Based and Utilitarian Arguments for Assisted Suicide

Fitzgibbon, Scott
American Journal of Jurisprudence , Volume 42 (1) – Jan 1, 1997
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Abstract

THE FAILURE OF THE FREEDOM-BASED AND UTILITARIAN ARGUMENTS FOR ASSISTED SUICIDE B Y SCOTT FITZGIBBON "Judge freedom to be happiness and courage to be freedom." In recent years, numerous initiatives have been launched to promote physician-assisted suicide. Numerous statutes have been proposed, and one (in Oregon) has been enacted. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit were recently persuaded to recognize constitutionally protected rights to assisted suicide, although their decisions have been reversed by the 1. Thanks are extended, for assistance on this or on a predecessor article, to Harold Berman, Robert W. Woodruff Professor, Emory University School of Law and Ames Professor Emeritus, Harvard Law School; Professor Gerard Bradley, Notre Dame Law School; John E. Coons, Bridges Professor Emeritus, University of California at Berkeley School of Law; John Finnis, FBA, Professor of Law and Legal Philosophy, University of Oxford, Biolchini Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame; Jane Greenlaw, Associate Professor and Director, Division of the Medical Humanities, University of Rochester Medical Center; Germain Grisez, The Reverend Harry J. Flynn Professor of Christian Ethics, Mount St. Mary's College; Professor M. Cathleen Kaveny, Notre Dame

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American Journal of Jurisprudence – Oxford University Press

Published: Jan 1, 1997

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