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The Rhetoric Of Neutrality And The Philosophers’ Brief: A Critique Of The Amicus Brief Of Six Moral Philosophers In Washington V. Glucksberg And Vacco V. Quill, Richard Church Oct 1998

The Rhetoric Of Neutrality And The Philosophers’ Brief: A Critique Of The Amicus Brief Of Six Moral Philosophers In Washington V. Glucksberg And Vacco V. Quill, Richard Church

Law and Contemporary Problems

Church discusses the amicus brief to the US Supreme Court in the companion assisted suicide cases of "Washington v. Glucksberg" and "Vacco v. Quill," in which six philosophers offer their views. The philosophers' charge--that prohibiting physician-assisted suicide can only be based on impermissible sectarian religious or ethical premises--can be raised against their "neutral" liberal argument itself.


Institutional Analysis And Physicians’ Rights After Vacco V. Quill, Larry I. Palmer Jan 1998

Institutional Analysis And Physicians’ Rights After Vacco V. Quill, Larry I. Palmer

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

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Dignity And Autonomy After Washington V. Glucksberg: An Essay About Abortion, Death, And Crime, Lois Shepherd Jan 1998

Dignity And Autonomy After Washington V. Glucksberg: An Essay About Abortion, Death, And Crime, Lois Shepherd

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy

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