{"id":12770,"date":"1992-09-14T18:46:00","date_gmt":"1992-09-15T01:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12770"},"modified":"2023-02-07T11:17:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T19:17:41","slug":"religious-ethics-and-active-euthanasia-in-a-pluralistic-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12770","title":{"rendered":"Religious Ethics and Active Euthanasia in a Pluralistic Society"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Courtney S Campbell<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"155\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kennedyintethicsj.jpg\" alt=\"Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal\" class=\"wp-image-12670\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>This article sets out a descriptive typology of religious perspectives on legalized euthanasia \u2014 political advocacy, individual conscience, silence, embedded opposition, and formal public opposition \u2014 and then examines the normative basis for these perspectives through the themes of sovereignty, stewardship, and the self. It also explores the public relevance of these religious perspectives for debates over legalized euthanasia, particularly in the realm of public policy. Ironically, the moral discourse of religious traditions on euthanasia may gain public relevance at the expense of its religious content. Nonetheless, religious traditions can provide a context of ultimacy and meaning to this debate, which is a condition for genuine pluralism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Campbell CS. <a href=\"https:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/article\/245652\/pdf\">Religious Ethics and Active Euthanasia in a Pluralistic Society<\/a>. Kennedy Inst Ethics J. 1992;2(3):253-277. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtney S Campbell AbstractThis article sets out a descriptive typology of religious perspectives on legalized euthanasia \u2014 political advocacy, individual conscience, silence, embedded opposition, and formal public opposition \u2014 and then examines the normative basis for these perspectives through the themes of sovereignty, stewardship, and the self. It also explores the public relevance of these &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12770\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Religious Ethics and Active Euthanasia in a Pluralistic Society&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,554,14,659,552,988],"tags":[1160],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-12770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assisted-suicide","category-ethics","category-euthanasia","category-philosophy","category-religion","category-research-centre-publications","tag-courtney-s-campbell"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Religious Ethics and Active Euthanasia in a Pluralistic Society - 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