The Call of Conscience : Heidegger and Levinas, Rhetoric and the Euthanasia Debate - Hardcover

Hyde, Michael J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1570033889 ISBN 13: 9781570033889

Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Pr, 2001

Synopsis

This study considers the relationship between the phenomenon of conscience and the practice of rhetoric as it relates to one of the most controversial issues of our time - euthanasia. The author offers an extensive treatment of Heidegger's and Levinas' philosophical investigations of conscience.

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About the Author

Michael J. Hyde is the Distinguished University Professor of Communication Ethics at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and holds a joint appointment in the Program for Bioethics, Health, and Society at Wake Forest's School of Medicine.

Edition details

• Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Pr
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1570033889
• ISBN 13: 9781570033889
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320