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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankChoosingtoDieInthisbook,C.G.Pradoaddressesthedifficultquestionofwhenandwhetheritisrationaltoendone’slifeinordertoescapedevastatingterminalillness.Hespecificallyconsidersthisquestioninlightoftheimpactofmulticulturalismonperceptionsandjudgmentsaboutwhatisright
2、andwrong,permissibleandimper-missible.Pradointroducestheideaofa‘‘coincidentalculture’’toclarifythevarietyofvaluesandcommitmentsthatinfluencedecisions.Healsointroducestheideaofa‘‘proxypremise’’todealwithreasoningissuesthatareraisedbyintractablyheldbeliefs.Primarilyintendedformedicalethic
3、ists,thisbookwillbeofinteresttoanyoneconcernedwiththeabilityofmodernmedicinetokeeppeoplealive,therebyforcingpeopletochoosebetweenlivinganddying.Inaddition,Pradocallsuponmedicalethicistsandpractitionerstoappreciatethevalueofatheoreticalbasisfortheirwork.C.G.PradoisEmeritusProfessorofPhi
4、losophyatQueen’sUniversityinCanada.Hehaspublishedmanybooks,mostrecentlySearleandFoucaultonTruthandAHouseDivided:ComparingAnalyticandContinentalPhilosophy.ChoosingtoDieElectiveDeathandMulticulturalismC.G.PRADOEmeritus,QueensUniversityCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,M
5、adrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SãoPauloCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,CambridgeCB28RU,UKPublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.cambridge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521874847©C.G.Prado2008Thispublicationisincopyright.Subject
6、tostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress.Firstpublishedinprintformat2008ISBN-13978-0-511-38607-7eBook(EBL)ISBN-13978-0-521-87484-7hardbackISBN-13978-0-521-69758-
7、3paperbackCambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyofurlsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication,anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate.InmemoryofNancySutherlandandRoseCandeloroWill
