Of Stewardship, Suffering and the “Slippery Slope”: A Vattimian Analysis of the Sanctity of Life Ethos in Canada (1972–2005)

Of Stewardship, Suffering and the “Slippery Slope”: A Vattimian Analysis of the Sanctity of Life Ethos in Canada (1972–2005)

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This dissertation examines from a Vattimian perspective the challenge that euthanasia and assisted suicide posed to the sanctity of life ethos in Canada from 1972–2005. Gianni Vattimo’s central themes—metaphysics (absolute values), “event of being” (lived experiences that call absolute values into q...

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Main Author: Chambers, Stuart
Other Authors: De Bruyn, Theodore
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2011
Subjects:
sanctity of life ethos
quality of life ethos
euthanasia
assisted suicide
stewardship
suffering
slippery slope
metaphysics
event of being
passive-reactive nihilism
Nancy B.
Sue Rodriguez
Robert Latimer
religious attitudes
Christian
metaphysicians
Vattimian postmodernists
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20221
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-4817

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http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20221
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-4817

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