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

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