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  1. Concepts in African philosophy to improve bioethics.Stephen S. Hanson - forthcoming - Journal of Medical Ethics.
    Response to ’African vital force and the permissibility of euthanasia’ Lougheed’s discussion of vital force in metaphysics in African thought and its implications for euthanasia is not only of interest for African philosophy, but also for bioethics within and outside of Africa. A debate exists as to whether or not there is, or should be, a uniquely African bioethics,1 but equally worthwhile is using the insights of African philosophy to develop bioethics generally speaking, whether African, Western or all-inclusive. The inclusion (...)
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  • Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Theological and Ethical Responses.Daniel P. Sulmasy - 2021 - Christian Bioethics 27 (3):223-227.
    Euthanasia and rational suicide were acceptable practices in some quarters in antiquity. These practices all but disappeared as Hippocratic, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim beliefs took hold in Europe and the Near East. By the late nineteenth century, however, a political movement to legalize euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) began in Europe and the United States. Initially, the path to legalization was filled with obstacles, especially in the United States. In the last few decades, however, several Western nations have legalized euthanasia, (...)
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