The Right to Moral Independence and Its Meaning for Medical Issues.

The article presents Chapter XVI of the book "Looking Beneath the Surface," edited by Hendrik M. Vroom, Petra Verdonk, Marzouk Aulad Abdellah, and Martina C. Cornel which focuses on the right to moral independence along with its meaning to medical issues. It discusses the case of software engineer B...

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Published in:	Currents of Encounter Vol. 48; pp. 283 - 297
Main Author:	Soeteman, Arend
Format:	Article
Published:	Brill / Rodopi 2013
Subjects:	Looking Beneath the Surface (Book) Vroom, Hendrik M. Verdonk, Petra Abdellah, Marzouk Aulad Cornel, Martina C. Brandes, Bernd-Jurgen Meiwes, Armin
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	The article presents Chapter XVI of the book "Looking Beneath the Surface," edited by Hendrik M. Vroom, Petra Verdonk, Marzouk Aulad Abdellah, and Martina C. Cornel which focuses on the right to moral independence along with its meaning to medical issues. It discusses the case of software engineer Bernd-Jurgen Brandes who agreed to be killed and be eaten by a 42-year-old computer technician Armin Meiwes.