- Title Pages
- Other Books by George Anastaplo
- Dedication
- Preface
-
1 . On Understanding the Others -
2 . Life and Not-Life in Thucydides’ Funeral Oration -
3 . Death and Resurrection in Euripides’ Bacchae -
4 . Resurrection and Death in Everyman -
5 . John Milton and the Limits of the Garden of Eden -
6 . Human Mortality and the Declaration of Independence -
7 . Time and the Constitution -
8 . Fyodor Dostoyevsky and the Modern Project -
9 . Public Health and Private Consciences -
10 . The Flag Salute Cases (1940, 1943) -
11 . Conscientious Objectors and Military Conscription -
12 . Obliteration Bombing, Civilian Casualties, and the Laws of War -
13 . Do All Somehow Aim at the Good? -
1 . Shakespeare’s Hamlet and the Elusiveness of the Good -
2 . Unconventional Religious Duties and the Good Life -
3 . Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) and the Prevention of Conception -
4 . Roe v. Wade (1973) and the Law of Abortion -
5 Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) and the Persistence of the Abortion Issue -
6 . Capital Punishment and the United States Supreme Court -
7 . Capital Punishment Reconsidered -
8 Nancy Cruzan and “The Right to Die” -
9 . Washington v. Glucksberg (1997) and Assisted Suicide -
10 The Legislation of Morality and the Problem of Pain -
11 . Evolution and the Law -
12 . Life and Death in Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address -
13 . The Unseemly Fearfulness of Our Time -
Appendix A The Declaration of Independence (1776) -
Appendix B The United States Constitution (1787) -
Appendix C The Amendments to the United States Constitution (1791–1992) -
Appendix D Pericles, The Funeral Address (431 B.C.E.) -
Appendix E On Death and Dying: Ancient, Christian, and Modern -
Appendix F Patrick Henry, Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death (1775) -
Appendix G Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address (1863) -
Appendix H George Anastaplo, on the Ultron and the Foundations of Things (1974) -
Appendix I Life, Death, and the Systematic Perversions of Law (2000) -
Appendix J Cases and Other Materials Drawn On - [UNTITLED]
- [UNTITLED]
- Index
- About the Author
Nancy Cruzan and “The Right to Die”
Nancy Cruzan and “The Right to Die”
- Chapter:
- (p.156) 8 Nancy Cruzan and “The Right to Die”
- Source:
- Reflections on Life, Death, and the Constitution
- Author(s):
George Anastaplo
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
This chapter discusses the United States Supreme Court Opinion on the case of Nancy Cruzan who had been severely injured in an automobile accident on January 11, 1983. It notes that Cruzan remained in a coma for approximately three weeks and then progressed to an unconscious state in which she was able to orally ingest some nutrition. It further notes that subsequent rehabilitative efforts proved unavailing and Cruzan was in a persistent vegetative state: generally, a condition in which a person exhibits motor reflexes but evinces no indications of significant cognitive function. It states that the Cruzan Majority in the United States Supreme Court endorsed the Missouri Supreme Court's presumption in favor of human life. It notes that this approach is identified as deeply grounded in the common law tradition.
Keywords: United States Supreme Court, Nancy Cruzan, coma, unconscious state, persistent vegetative state, cognitive function, Missouri Supreme Court, human life, common law tradition
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- Title Pages
- Other Books by George Anastaplo
- Dedication
- Preface
-
1 . On Understanding the Others -
2 . Life and Not-Life in Thucydides’ Funeral Oration -
3 . Death and Resurrection in Euripides’ Bacchae -
4 . Resurrection and Death in Everyman -
5 . John Milton and the Limits of the Garden of Eden -
6 . Human Mortality and the Declaration of Independence -
7 . Time and the Constitution -
8 . Fyodor Dostoyevsky and the Modern Project -
9 . Public Health and Private Consciences -
10 . The Flag Salute Cases (1940, 1943) -
11 . Conscientious Objectors and Military Conscription -
12 . Obliteration Bombing, Civilian Casualties, and the Laws of War -
13 . Do All Somehow Aim at the Good? -
1 . Shakespeare’s Hamlet and the Elusiveness of the Good -
2 . Unconventional Religious Duties and the Good Life -
3 . Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) and the Prevention of Conception -
4 . Roe v. Wade (1973) and the Law of Abortion -
5 Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) and the Persistence of the Abortion Issue -
6 . Capital Punishment and the United States Supreme Court -
7 . Capital Punishment Reconsidered -
8 Nancy Cruzan and “The Right to Die” -
9 . Washington v. Glucksberg (1997) and Assisted Suicide -
10 The Legislation of Morality and the Problem of Pain -
11 . Evolution and the Law -
12 . Life and Death in Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address -
13 . The Unseemly Fearfulness of Our Time -
Appendix A The Declaration of Independence (1776) -
Appendix B The United States Constitution (1787) -
Appendix C The Amendments to the United States Constitution (1791–1992) -
Appendix D Pericles, The Funeral Address (431 B.C.E.) -
Appendix E On Death and Dying: Ancient, Christian, and Modern -
Appendix F Patrick Henry, Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death (1775) -
Appendix G Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address (1863) -
Appendix H George Anastaplo, on the Ultron and the Foundations of Things (1974) -
Appendix I Life, Death, and the Systematic Perversions of Law (2000) -
Appendix J Cases and Other Materials Drawn On - [UNTITLED]
- [UNTITLED]
- Index
- About the Author
