Topic Studies II:

The "Good" Life and the "Good" Death In Modern Society Yoshiko Ikeda
Course Objectives Contents
Reading stories of the final chapter of life, especially of euthanasia and physician assisted suicide, exploring these questions; why, where, when, and how do people die? How much control do we have over our own death? How can we measure the quality of life?

Required Texts
Broyard Anatole. Intoxicated by My Illness: And Other Writings on Life and Death, New York; Fawcett Columbine, 1993.
Nulang, Sherwin B. How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter, New York: Alfred Al Knopf, 1994.
Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth On Death and Dying, New York: Macmillan, 1969.
Kuhse, Helga. WILLING to listen-WANTING to die, Ringwood, Victoria: Penguin Books Australia, 1994.

Links to Internet Sources

  1. Bioethics Resources on the Web
  2. Medical Education Online, an electronic journal
  3. Euthanasia
    (Resources including Japanese materials for Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide by an associate professor at Ritsumeikan University)
  4. Voluntary Euthanasia,
    authored by Richard Epstein (University of Chicago), site maintained by the Hayek Society, the London School of Economics and Political Science
  5. Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide:
    Seven Reasons Why They Should Not Be Legalized, authored by Luke Gormally (Linacre Centre for Healthcare Ethics)
  6. Oregon's Death with Dignity Act,
    (Oregon Department of Human Services)
  7. Dutch Voluntary Euthanasia Society
    kDutch Euthanasia Societyl
  8. Euthanasia and End-of-Life Decisions,
    (Ethics Updates, L. Hinman, University of San Diego)
  9. ERGO
    (the organization of those who support the right to die)
  10. Religion
  11. News Media in the world
  12. Library
  13. Search Engine
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