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Buddhism, Euthanasia and the Sanctity of Life

dc.creatorPerrett, Roy W.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-05T19:01:03Zen
dc.date.available2015-05-05T19:01:03Zen
dc.date.created1996-10en
dc.date.issued1996-10en
dc.identifier10.1136/jme.22.5.309en
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationJournal of Medical Ethics. 1996 Oct; 22(5): 309-313.en
dc.identifier.issn0306-6800en
dc.identifier.urihttp://worldcatlibraries.org/registry/gateway?version=1.0&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&atitle=Buddhism,+Euthanasia+and+the+Sanctity+of+Life&title=Journal+of+Medical+Ethics.++&volume=22&issue=5&pages=309-313&date=1996&au=Perrett,+Roy+W.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jme.22.5.309en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10822/752011en
dc.description.abstractDamien and John Keown claim that there is important common ground between Buddhism and Christianity on the issue of euthanasia and that both traditions oppose it for similar reasons in order to espouse a "sanctity of life" position. I argue that the appearance of consensus is partly created by their failure to specify clearly enough certain key notions in the argument: particularlyen
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dc.languageenen
dc.sourceBRL:KIE/51883en
dc.subjectAllowing to Dieen
dc.subjectAssisted Suicideen
dc.subjectBuddhist Ethicsen
dc.subjectConsensusen
dc.subjectEthicsen
dc.subjectEuthanasiaen
dc.subjectInvoluntary Euthanasiaen
dc.subjectLifeen
dc.subjectSuicideen
dc.subjectSanctity of Lifeen
dc.subjectTerminally Illen
dc.subjectTheologyen
dc.subjectValue of Lifeen
dc.subjectVoluntary Euthanasiaen
dc.titleBuddhism, Euthanasia and the Sanctity of Lifeen
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