Euthanasia
- Created by: 10shassanali
- Created on: 09-03-16 16:05
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- Euthanasia: "Mercy killing"
- What?
- Involuntary: Euthanasia performed AGAINST the wishes of the patient
- Non-voluntary: Euthanasia is done WITHOUT the patient's consent
- Voluntary: Where a person makes a conscious decision to die & asks for help to do this
- Active: Deliberate killing of a patient
- Passive: When life sustaining treatment is withdrawn
- Sancity of life:
- Humans are created in image of God-Human life is a gift
- We should show respect for human life "Thou shalt not murder"
- A human being has no right to kill what God created
- Life should be high quality
- Ronald Dworkin: If we no longer able to achieve a eudaimonic QOL it would be wrong to continue preserving their life
- Quality of life:
- James Rachels: Makes distinction between biological life &biographical life-What matters is biographical life, if this is already over (PVS) then taking away biological life is acceptable
- Peter singer: Argues that the worth of human life varies it depends on the quality
- Autonomy
- The right to life:
- The issues of individual autonomy
- Arguments against:
- Palliative care
- Dame Saunders: Better alternative in providing pain-free death-Hospice, BUT: Not available to everyone
- Slippery slope: Outcome will be process of further decline in respect for human life
- Doctor-patient relationship: Doctors have duty to preserve life
- Euthanasia will undermine trust between P and D
- Hippocratic Oath
- Palliative care
- What?
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