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Life's Dominion
Ronald Dworkin
其他書名
An Argument About Abortion, Euthanasia, and Individual Freedom
出版Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011-05-11
主題Law / ConstitutionalLaw / Right to DiePolitical Science / Human Rights
ISBN03077879159780307787910
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=7c6Zd3XP5CcC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Internationally renowned lawyer and philosopher Ronald Dworkin addresses the crucially related acts of abortion and euthanasia in a brilliantly original book that examines their meaning in a nation that prizes both life and individual liberty. From Roe v. Wade to the legal battle over the death of Nancy Cruzan, no issues have opened greater rifts in American society than those of abortion and euthanasia. 
At the heart of Life's Dominion is Dworkin's inquest into why abortion and euthanasia provoke such controversy. Do these acts violate some fundamental "right to life"? Or are the objections against them based on the belief that human life is sacred? Combining incisive moral reasoning and close readings of indicidual court decisions with a majestic interpretation of the U.S. Constitution itself, Dworkin gives us a work that is absolutely essential for anyone who cares about the legal status of human life.