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Moral Permissibility of Euthanasia- A Bangladesh Context

Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics
Survival is obviously important, but sometimes, under particular circumstances, life can become miserable, difficult, or intolerable; at that point, survival can seem like a punishment or misfortune.
Nilufa Yasmin
doaj   +1 more source

Assisted Suicides and 'Mercy Killings': Voluntary Requests, or Vulnerable Adults? A Critique of Criminal Law and Sentencing

, 2021
Katrine Del Villar, Lindy Willmott, Ben White   +2 more
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Mercy Killing or Murder: A Moral Dilemma Regarding the Death of Lennie in Of Mice and Men [PDF]

, 2022
Ting-Xuan Shen, Ya-huei Wang
openalex   +1 more source

‘I'm Dead!’: Action, Homicide and Denied Catharsis in Early Modern Spanish Drama

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract In early modern Spanish drama, the expression ‘¡Muerto soy!’ (‘I'm dead!’) is commonly used to indicate a literal death or to figuratively express a character's extreme fear or passion. Recent studies, even one collection published under the title of ‘¡Muerto soy!’, have paid scant attention to the phrase in context, a serious omission when ...
Ted Bergman
wiley   +1 more source

End of Life Decision Making, Policy and the Criminal Justice System: Untrained Carers Assuming Responsibility (UCARes) and Their Uncertain Legal Liabilities [PDF]

, 2006
This article will explore some previously unrecognised legal and ethical issues associated with informal care-giving and criminal justice in the context of end of life decision-making.
Biggs, Hazel, Mackenzie, Robin
core   +1 more source

‘Who is the Gael who Would Not Weep?’: The Book of the O’Conor Don, Fearghal Óg Mac an Bhaird, and Late Bardic Poetry of Exile

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how late bardic poetry transforms the condition of exile into a literary mode that reimagines community and tradition. I argue that poetry of lament, blessing and devotion articulates a broader literary consciousness that anticipates modern notions of a national consciousness. The compilation of bardic verse in manuscript
Daniel T. McClurkin
wiley   +1 more source

FACE AUX « FAUVES » EUROPÉENS. REPRÉSENTATION DANS LES LITTÉRATURES AFRICAINES FRANCOPHONES (Face to Face with European « Predators ». Representation in the African Francophone Literatures)

Ostium, 2018
The victims of the cruelty of beasts, the Africans die with the hand of Europeans who are entertained by killing without being ever punished. The death comes even without the participation of European, the colonizer is only its cause indirect.
Vojtěch Šarše
doaj  

An Inquiry on Legalizing Euthanasia: "The Mercy Killing"

, 2023
Mahmood Khan Yousufi
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Heidegger and Levinas on the phenomenology of the hand: Between work and gesture

The Southern Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how Heidegger and Levinas develop distinct phenomenological accounts of the hand. Both thinkers refuse to treat the hand as merely an anatomical organ, instead viewing it as an essential dimension of human existence. Yet their interpretations diverge sharply. In the first section, I show how Heidegger grounds the function
Cristian Ciocan
wiley   +1 more source

Motivated by Compassion: Reviewing the Proposed Public Interest Guidance for Prosecuting Mercy Killings [PDF]

, 2023
Chrystala Fakonti
openalex   +1 more source