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Recounts the history of euthanasia, discusses the morality of suicide, and looks at a variety of specific cases.

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Library Journal Review

Beginning with an unargued for and frankly Christian perspective that life is a gift from God, Wennberg argues that suicide and euthanasia are generally immoral. The author may shock nonbelievers when he claims that justified suicide is rarer than justified homicide, but Wennberg does use many secular arguments to recognize exceptions to both prohibitions. Moreover, he deals sensitively with the conceptual issues that are dear to the hearts of analytic philosophers. He contributes valuably to understanding various kinds of euthanasia. His simple and elegant prose makes this book a delight to read despite its somber themes. Worthwhile for any library.-- Sidney Gendin, Eastern Michigan Univ., Ypsilanti (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Booklist Review

Wennberg contemplates "terminal choices--reflecting on how we should die and how we should encourage others to die." The distinctions between treatment refusal, treatment withdrawal, active euthanasia, and suicide are carefully spelled out here, based on the opinions of medical, religious, and legal experts who have been involved in the euthanasia movement for years. The author, an ordained Presbyterian minister and professor of philosophy, outlines the dissenting moral stances on active and passive euthanasia. He reaches back to the Greek and Roman philosophers in tracing his study of social approbation and disapproval and applies such historical thinking to the quandaries created by modern medicine. The author's own views are quietly stated. Bibliography. --Denise Perry Donavin