Euthanasia overview mindmap

Overview of the Euthanasia Topic

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  • Created on: 23-05-17 14:50
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  • Euthanasia
    • Arguments For
      • Quality of life Argument
        • If someone is going to Die anyway and it will be painful and slow, is there a point in living in suffering?
        • In the play Women of Tranchis Heracles asks his son to Kill him to end the pain
          • "In our secular society, Euthansia must be a personal decision" - Kevin Smith
        • Should the church have such domination over Law
      • Autonomy argument
        • Links to QoL argument
        • Mill - Doesn't concern others, we should have the right to choose our own death
        • Kevorkian - Highest principle in any ethics is Personal Autonomy
        • Might lead to people seeing themselves as a burden and ending their life
          • Link to Slippery Slope argument
    • Arguments Against
      • Sanctity of life argument
        • Our lives are God-Given and thus only God can decide when they End
          • God Gave the Breath of Life - Genesis 1:27
        • We make covenants with God, to protect life and be Holy
          • Slippery slope argument, if we start taking lives where will it end
        • Lactanius - Humans are a sacred animal, with dignity and sanctity
        • Criticisms
          • Sanctity of life challenged in Scripture
            • God commanding destruction of Sodom
            • God commands Death to those in the Promised Land
          • Sometimes sacrifice is necessary to save others - Doctrine of double effect
            • Natural law
    • Applying Ethical Theories
      • Aquinas' Natural Law
        • Primary Precept to preserve Life
        • We are crafted in God's image and knitted together in the Womb - Psalm 139:13
        • Taking life is against Divine law
        • Euthanasia is an Apparent good, in realism not acceptable
        • catholic belief
        • However Doctrine of double effect does support Pallative Care
          • Death is not the intention
        • Children lack higher abilities, using this as a reason is like justifying killing Children freely
        • Slippery Slope Argument
      • Fletcher's Situation ethics
        • Rejects legal approach and supports taking the situation into account
        • Love should be used to guide this kind of decision, not Law
        • 'Death control' - Matter of Dignity, Quality of life over sanctity
        • Taking a situationist approach would not justify it every time, preventing slippery slope
  • Being 'Brain dead' or in a 'Permanent Vegatitative state' - Are you still a person
    • Awareness and ability to act is what gives us 'Personhood'
    • Quality of life Argument
      • If someone is going to Die anyway and it will be painful and slow, is there a point in living in suffering?
      • In the play Women of Tranchis Heracles asks his son to Kill him to end the pain
        • "In our secular society, Euthansia must be a personal decision" - Kevin Smith
      • Should the church have such domination over Law

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