The Ethics of Death: Religious and Philosophical Perspectives in Dialogue

Index of Subjects

Index of Subjects Abortion, 53ff; defined, 55; rare, 57; as birth control, 64; overview prochoice arguments for abortion, 78-9; overview pro-life arguments against abortion, 78 Act 169 (Pennsylvania), 270, 272 Active euthanasia, 61, 246, 251, 255, 287, 290, 292-4, 295-8, 303-4, 311, Advance Directive Act 1999 (Texas), 278 Autonomy, 40, 58, 84, 89, 92, 99, 178, 198, 206-9, 231-3, 240-1, 243, 247, 256, 260-1, 265-7, 271, 273-4, 277, 279, 280, 285-6, 291-2, 306 Black Plague, 211 Buddhism, 69ff; Tibetan, 69; Theravada, 69ff; Mahayana, 114 Capital punishment (death penalty), 101ff; just execution, 103-12 Categorical Imperative, 14-16, Catholics for a Free Choice, 73 Christian, 16, 24, 26, 73-7, 113, 114, 116, 120-6, 140, 144, 152, 156, 161, 164, 173, 180, 182, 183, 211-7, 251, 254-6, 283, 285, 302, 318; Roman Catholic, 26, 49, 50, 63, 67, 73-7, 173, 213, 215, 254, 281, 283; Protestant, 73, 76, 156, 173, 213, 214, 255, 301; Orthodox, 73, 152, 153, 213, 255 Circumstantial manipulation, 263 Classism, 142 Conscience clauses, 267 Consequentialism (consequentialist), 16-18, 22, 28, 29, 31, 36, 41, 51, 77, 187, 204 Contraception, 61, 64, 71, 77, 92 Crucifixion, 121 Crusades, 164, 182 Death; experience for living, 1-2; good death, 2, 11, 250, 279 Death by cop, 224, 295 Death does not harm the deceased, 44-5 Death Penalty, overview of anti-death penalty arguments, 127-9; Overview pro-death penalty arguments, 126-7 Death with Dignity Act (Oregon), 243 Deontological, 14-6, 17, 22, 30-1, 127, 201 Dhammapada, 133 Doctrine of Double Effect, 282-3, 285, 286, 308 Double effect, 97, 156, 251; promise keeping, 64, 98, 174 Down Syndrome, 93 Embryonic stem cell, 54 Ethical Theories, 13ff; deontological, 13, 14-6, 17, 22, 30-1, 127, 201; universalizability principle, 14-15; respect for persons principle, 14-16; utilitarianism/consequentialism, 16-18, 20, 51, 198; virtue ethics, 14, 18-23, 200-1; religious ethics, 23 Ethics; normative, 1, 10-1, 23, 25, 49, 51, 80, 150, 158, 159, 245; descriptive, 10; metaethics, 10; prescriptive, 10 Euthanasia, 61ff; voluntary, 290; involuntary, 290 Execution power, 102-12, 124-5, 142 323 Fallacy of vitalism, 99 Feticide, 67 Fiqh, 117 First Amendment, 76, 92 Futility (medical), 215, 239, 256-9 God, 23ff Golden rule and abortion, 93-4, 101 Goodness, 8, 15, 19, 20, 25, 34, 51, 86, 134, 141, 226, 261, 304; good of life, 3, 20, 55, 62, 64-6, 94, 99, 204-9, 227, 244-5, 261, 275-6, 310-1; intrinsic good, 1, 28, 33, 43, 47-8, 145, 189-90, 240, 294 Greed, 20, 35, 51 Hammurabi’s Code, 104 Hijackers 99/11, 25 Hinduism, 115, 215, 251, 252, 318 Holy war, 151, 154, 162-5 Houdoud, 117,118,119 Ideological manipulation, 263 Imago Dei, 26 Intention defined, 34, 219 International Criminal Court, 116,117 Irrationality of revenge argument, 133-40 Jainism, 151, 215-6 Jihad, 162 Judaism, 67-9, 75, 112-3, 115-6, 210-1, 251-4, 302; Reform, 68; Reconstructionist, 68 Just abortion, 61-6, 68, 76, 98-9; common moral agreements, 63;beneficence/benevolence, 74; other-regarding, 22; justice, 62ff; impartial, 133; universalizability, 14ff; intention, 62 Just suicide, 206 Just War, theory/tradition, 21, 22; as an ethic, 22; hybrid ethic, 22 Just war, criteria, 155; as ethics model, 22; noncombatant immunity, 156, 159, 161 Just War Theory, 21, 61, 156-62, 165, 167, 170, Justice and injustice, 16, 21, 22, 30, 31, 58, 62-3, 65-6, 70, 72, 74, 77, 103-4, 106-8, 109-12, 121-2, 127-9, 133, 135, 137, 139, 140-1, 142-6, 151, 153, 154, 158-9, 207-8, 216, 246-7, 249, 251, 254, 271, 273-5 Life after death and aferlife, 4, 44-5, 130, 140-1, 250, 302-3 Martyrdom, 212, 217 Masada, 211 Mercy killing, 290, 294-296, 303 Mizuko kuyō, 72 Motivation defined, 34, 35 Narrative philosophy, 201-3 Natural Law, 14, 20-3, 26, 49, 61, 99, 103, 104, 105, 156, 192-4, 204, 243, 276, 283 Nefesh adam, 68 Netherlands, 265 Nirvana, 141, 252 Nonmaleficence, 271 Nonresistance, 152-4 Nonviolent resistance, 151-5, 162, 179 Normative theory, 1 Obligatory war, 172-6 Pacifism, 21, 122; Absolute (nonresistance), 152-3 Palliative care, 231, 233, 245, 247, 253, 256, 257, 262, 264-5, 276, 277, 279, 280, 285, 293, 296, 299, 304-10 Passive euthanasia, 30, 290, 292-3, 295-7, 304...