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Profoundly Diminished Life: The Casualties of Coercion
Author(s) -
Morreim E. Haavi
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.2307/3562386
Subject(s) - torture , law , miracle , medicine , psychiatry , psychology , political science , human rights
The “futility debate” turns on intractable conflicts of deeply held beliefs about the value of life. It raises practical moral dilemmas of how best to permit parties to honor their own values without coercing unwilling others.