Law, Immunization and the Right to Die

Jennifer Hardes (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK)

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Routledge
22 March 2016

Ethical issues: euthanasia & right to die; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law; Medical ethics & professional conduct

"Law, Immunization and the Right to Die focuses on the urgent matter of legal appeals and judicial decisions on assisted death. Drawing on key cases from the United Kingdom and Canada, the book focuses on the problematic paternalism of legal decisions that currently deny assisted dying and questions why the law fails to recognize what many describe as ""compassionate motives"" for assisted death. When cases are analyzed as discourses that are part of a larger socio-political logic of governance, judicial decisions, it is argued here, reveal themselves as relying on the construction of neoliberal fictions – fictions that are here elucidated with reference to Michel Foucault’s theoretical insights on pastoral power and Roberto Esposito’s philosophical thesis on immunization.

Challenging the socio-political logic of neoliberalism, the issue of assisted dying goes beyond the predominant legal concern with protecting – or immunizing – individuals from one another, in favor of minimal interference. This book calls for a new kind of politics: one that might affirm people and their finitude both more collectively, and more compassionately."

By: Jennifer Hardes (Canterbury Christ Church University UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9781138943209
ISBN 10: 1138943207
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 22 March 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction. Immunized Life Chapter 1. Vulnerable Persons and Relations of Enmity Chapter 2. Inviolable Persons Chapter 3. Security of Persons and of Society Chapter 4. Freedom from Dependent Relations Conclusion: Three Theses for an Affirmative Politics of Assisted Dying

Jennifer Hardes is a Lecturer in Education at Canterbury Christ Church University. Her research examines how legal and medical expert knowledge is constructed and interpreted to make judicial, medical, and broader governmental decisions, particularly regarding policies and laws on health and medical related issues.　