Denial of the Soul Spiritual and Medical Perspectives on Euthanasia and Mortality

by PECK, M. SCOTT

• ISBN13: 9780609801345
• ISBN10: 0609801341
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780307555595
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-03-24
• Publisher: Harmony
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Summary

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. From the Hardcover edition.

Author Biography

M. Scott Peck, M.D., is the author of several New York Times bestsellers, including The Road Less Traveled, which has spent more than ten years on the Times list. He and his wife, Lily, live in northern Connecticut and have been the recipients of several awards for peacemaking.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
From Confusion to Definition: The Medical and Psychiatric Perspectives	p. 5
Pulling the Plug	p. 7
Physical Pain	p. 27
Emotional Pain	p. 57
Murder, Suicide, and Natural Death	p. 95
An Underlying Simplicity: Spiritual Perspectives	p. 119
Secularism	p. 121
The Creatureliness of Humans	p. 132
The Learning of Dying	p. 160
Euthanasia: A Typical Case	p. 190
Into the Future: Societal Considerations	p. 205
Assisted Suicide	p. 207
The Hope of the Euthanasia Debate	p. 229
Index	p. 240
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