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the call of conscience heidegger and levinas rhetoric and the euthanasia debate
michael j. hydes pathbreaking 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 . hyde investigates how the practice of rhetoric becomes a voice of conscience and influences the moral standards of individuals and communities . in doing so he offers the first extensive treatment of martin heideggers and emmanuel levinass philosophical investigations of conscience and an in depth analysis of the justifiability and social acceptability of euthanasia . hyde establishes the theoretical basis of his study by discussing and critically assessing the phenomenological theories of conscience set forth in the works of the two philosophers . to illustrate in concrete terms how the relationship between the call of conscience and the practice of rhetoric shows itself in everyday existence hyde surveys the moral discourse that informs ongoing debates over euthanasia and physician assisted suicide . he focuses on a cluster of related topics that emerge from his discussion of the work of heidegger and levinas including the phenomena of deconstruction and acknowledgment emotion and the reconstructive power of language and the discursive creation of heroes . through these investigations hyde accounts for some of the key definitions arguments and narratives that contribute to the rhetoric of the euthanasia debate especially as the discussion has evolved since the late 1980s .
paperback lightning source inc 2008 isbn13 9781570037863 isbn10 1570037868
book type nf isbn 13 9781570037863 number of pages 300 publisher lightning source inc release date 62135769600000