Is Death and Dying Merely an Ethical Issue?

Maurice A.M. De Wachter

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1980, vol. 447, issue 1, 78-88

Abstract: Some people worry about the current tendency to ignore the distinction of religious and ethical issues in the area of death and dying. This article attempts to identify sources and consequences of such blending. One of the countries offering a microcosm of religious and ethical trends with regard to death and dying is the Netherlands. Issues identified in Dutch society are, therefore, being compared with similar listings in North American and European literature on death and dying. In an even more paradigmatic way the unfinished debate on the distinction between active and passive euthanasia remains representative of a religious approach to death and dying.

Date: 1980
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DOI: 10.1177/000271628044700111

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