Who lives, who dies, who decides?
Subtitle: Abortion, neonatal care, assisted dying, capital punishment
By: Sheldon Ekland-Olson
Series: Contemporary sociological perspectives
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780415892469; 9780415892476; 9780203182277
Subjects: Moral and ethical aspects; Suffering; Death; Life
Description: "Issues of life and death such as abortion, assisted suicide, capital punishment, and others are among the most contentious in many societies. Whose rights are protected? How do these rights and protections change over time and who makes those decisions? Based on the author's award-winning and hugely popular undergraduate course at The University of Texas, this book explores these questions and the fundamentally sociological processes that underlie the quest for morality and justice in human societies. The author's goal is not to advocate any particular moral "high ground," but to shed light on the social movements and social processes that are at the root of these seemingly personal moral questions"--