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Do We Have the Right to Die?

Lady Hale Rowan Williams

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English
Miscellaneous
02 June 2026
Series: Think Again
Two leading thinkers present alternative answers to one of the most difficult and divisive questions of our times- do we have the right to die?

Two leading thinkers present alternative answers to one of the most difficult and divisive questions of our times.

As pressure grows to legalise assisted dying in the United Kingdom, the issue remains deeply contested. For those who feel unsure or undecided, this book o-ffers clarity rather than slogans, illuminating the legal and ethical fault lines at the heart of the debate- between autonomy and safety; between personal choice and collective responsibility.

Lady Hale, former president of the Supreme Court, argues that everyone should have the freedom to decide the time and manner of their own death. Drawing on real cases in real courts, she explores how the law might establish e-ffective safeguards while preserving an individual's right to decide for themselves when their suffering becomes unbearable.

Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, sits in opposition, contending that no such right can ever be absolute, or unqualified. He raises moral and practical concerns about the protection of vulnerable communities - especially those living with disabilities - the pressures facing an already overstretched NHS and the risk that assisted dying could become a substitute for properly funded palliative care.

Both confront the questions and decisions we all must face- who should be eligible for assisted dying; how should it be authorised; who should deliver the programme; and what modern medicine could, and should, provide. Ultimately, they turn to a deeper challenge- how a public healthcare system can universally uphold dignity, and what it would truly mean to offer us all what we profoundly deserve - a good death.

Published in conjunction with Intelligence Squared, the world's leading curator of debate, this book is part of the Think Again series- short books that present two expert, contrasting but equally persuasive views in a single volume.
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Imprint:   Miscellaneous
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 222mm,  Width: 138mm,  Spine: 25mm
Weight:   400g
ISBN:   9781847929389
ISBN 10:   1847929389
Series:   Think Again
Pages:   176
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  ELT Advanced ,  Primary
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming

Lady Hale (Author) Brenda Hale, Rt Hon the Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE, was born in Yorkshire and studied Law at Girton College, Cambridge. She was called to the Bar in 1969 and spent almost twenty years in academia whilst also practising as a barrister for a short time. In 1984, Lady Hale became the first woman and the youngest person to be appointed to the Law Commission, where she oversaw critical reforms in family law and mental disability law. She also began sitting as a part time judge, was appointed a QC in 1989, and became a full time judge in the Family Division of the High Court of England and Wales in 1994. She was the first and only woman to become a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, joining the appellate committee of the House of Lords in 2004, when it was still the top court for the whole United Kingdom. She was the first woman to serve on the newly created Supreme Court, was appointed Deputy President in 2013, and its President from 2017 to 2020. She lives in Richmond, North Yorkshire. She is the author of the acclaimed memoir Spider Woman and With the Law On Our Side. Rowan Williams (Author) Rowan Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth, is a former Archbishop of Canterbury and was until 2020 Master of Magdalene College at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of many books and poetry collections, including Looking East in Winter, Holy Living, The Edge of Words and Solidarity. He lives in Cardiff and continues to broadcast, preach and lecture internationally. In 2022, he gave the second of the BBC's centenary Reith Lectures. He is contributing writer to the New Statesman.

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