Reviews
With characteristic clarity and calm, Kathleen Stock has cut through the fetish of choice and revealed the meaning of 'assisted dying.' We should all be grateful. Long live Kathleen Stock
In an overheated and often bitter debate, it is very welcome to have a contribution like this - shaped not just by intense feeling, nor by any sort of ideological absolutism, but a clear, careful, evidence-based case for caution around the legalisation of assisted dying. It deserves wide attention, whichever side of the debate you find yourself on
With characteristic clarity, Kathleen Stock dissects the starry-eyed case for legalising assisted suicide, and warns against the socially corrosive realities of its institutionalisation. She adds a fresh voice to a well-rehearsed public controversy
In Do Not Go Gentle, Kathleen Stock advances the philosophical and empirical case against an assisted death service with her characteristic incisiveness, lucidity, and humour. While the winds of change may seem to favour a fundamental moral shift in our approach to suicide and euthanasia, this timely book sets out why this would be an outcome we should deeply regret and is a must-read, regardless of your starting position in this debate
Kathleen Stock does not beat about the bush: you cannot choose to die, only choose to let others bear the burden of killing you, or try to kill yourself... Thereby she well brings out how, from a virtue ethics perspective beyond that of rights and utility, the absolutist and pragmatic cases against euthanasia in fact constitute one united, teleological case... Whatever side you are on in this debate, this is the one book on the topic that you should read
This is a deeply thoughtful book, scholarly while being highly accessible, and an antidote to the superficial - and often misleading - soundbites propagated by campaigning groups
A timely analysis of a vital topic
What an extraordinary and brilliant book. I found it absolutely riveting and a must-read for anyone interested not only in this specific debate but what it is to be a human being in a world pulverised by shrill argument and disruption.
(an) admirably clear and cogent book