Medical Ethics : Sanctity of Life vs Quality of Life
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- Created on: 14-03-22 09:38
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- Sanctity of life vs Quality of Life
- Sanctity of life
- Argument that life is sacred and has a God-given purpose
- Singer REJECTS the sanctity of life argument as absolutist and dependent on an outdated Christian view of ethics
- Also rejects the idea that humans are a 'special' form of life and
- Quality of Life
- The idea that the overall wellbeing of a person is an important factor in making medical life or death decisions
- Jonathan Glover
- He argues that the sanctity of life argument is still widely upheld, we make exceptions when it comes to turning off life-support machines
- Sanctity of life
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