A Desire unto Death : The Warnings of Girard and Levinas against the Sanitisation of Euthanasia
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Zimmermann, Nigel. (2022). A Desire unto Death : The Warnings of Girard and Levinas against the Sanitisation of Euthanasia. In In Carter, David J. and Fleming, Daniel J. (Ed.). Voluntary Assisted Dying: Law? Health? Justice? pp. 137 ANU Press. https://doi.org/10.22459/VAD.2022.07
Authors | Zimmermann, Nigel |
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Editors | Carter, David J. and Fleming, Daniel J. |
Abstract | In this chapter I make three propositions. First, a word on the nature of facing death; second, I propose that we have much to learn from the warnings of René Girard and Emmanuel Levinas against the false promise of euthanasia; third, we may view their warnings as a lesson for us facing the particular reality of voluntary assisted dying (VAD), what can be called a ‘soft’ version of euthanasia. VAD has been a reality in the State of Victoria since 19 June 2019 and other Australian jurisdictions |
Keywords | death; euthanasia; voluntary assisted dying; Rene Girard; Emmanuel Levinas; Victoria; Australia |
Page range | 137 |
154 | |
Year | 01 Jan 2022 |
Book title | Voluntary Assisted Dying: Law? Health? Justice? |
Publisher | ANU Press |
Place of publication | Australia |
Edition | 1 |
ISBN | 9781760465056 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.22459/VAD.2022.07 |
Open access | Open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
02 Feb 2022 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 01 Oct 2024 |
Additional information | This edition © 2022 ANU Press |
This title is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/90yy8/a-desire-unto-death-the-warnings-of-girard-and-levinas-against-the-sanitisation-of-euthanasia
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