Denial of the Soul: Spiritual and Medical Perspectives on Euthanasia
The author of The Road Less Traveled, the bestselling and most influential book of psychiatric and spiritual instruction in modern times, now offers a deeply moving meditation on what euthanasia reveals about the status of the soul in our age. Its trenchant and sensitive treatment of the subject will define our humanity for generations to come.\ \ \ Discusses euthansia from medical & psychiatric perspectives, simplicity of spirituality, future societal...
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In a position and argument affirmed by no less a moral authority than the Supreme Court, the author of "The Road Less Traveled", the bestselling and most influential book of spiritual instruction in modern times, asks whether we have the ethical right to kill ourselves even though we have the power. 'Peck makes a moving case against euthanasia on demand. Throughout, he writes with sensitivity, sympathy, and insight".--"Detroit News".
Introduction1Pt. IFrom Confusion to Definition: The Medical and Psychiatric Perspectives5Ch. 1Pulling the Plug7Ch. 2Physical Pain27Ch. 3Emotional Pain57Ch. 4Murder, Suicide, and Natural Death95Pt. IIAn Underlying Simplicity: Spiritual Perspectives119Ch. 5Secularism121Ch. 6The Creatureliness of Humans132Ch. 7The Learning of Dying160Ch. 8Euthanasia: A Typical Case190Pt. IIIInto the Future: Societal Considerations205Ch. 9Assisted Suicide207Ch. 10The Hope of the Euthanasia Debate229Index240
