Original sentence: 1937) is a Professor of moral, political and legal philosophy.Gerald Dworkin ( b.His main areas of research include the nature and justification of autonomy,  paternalism in the criminal law, and the issue of which acts may legitimately be criminalised by the state.His most recent book is a defense of Physician-Assisted Suicide.In it he argues that doctors who approve of withdrawing patients from life support at their request, or administering pain-relief medication that is forseen to kill the patient, or who approve of terminal sedation, are inconsistent if they condemn physician-assisted suicide
Edited sentence: Gerald Dworkin (born 1937) is a Professor of moral, political and legal philosophy.His main areas of research include the nature and justification of autonomy, paternalism in the criminal law, and the issue of which acts may legitimately be criminalised by the state...His most recent book is a defense of Physician-Assisted Suicide.. In it he argues that doctors who approve of withdrawing patients from life support at their request, or administering pain-relief medication that is foreseen to kill the patient, or who approve of terminal sedation, are inconsistent if they condemn physician-assisted suicide