Liberalism's troubled search for equality: religion and cultural bias in the oregon physician-assisted suicide debates
Auteur :
Jones, Robert
Éditeur :
University of Notre Dame Press
ISBN :
9780268032678
Date de publication :
28 févr. 2007
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
517 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Drawing on ethnographic interviews with activists and using physician-assisted suicide (PAS) as a diagnostic tool, this work argues that an egalitarian liberalism must abandon its overconfidence in its own neutrality, which undermines its ability to see the real needs and hear the actual voices of those it promises to champion.