PHIL 2805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Voluntary Euthanasia, Involuntary Euthanasia, Euthanasia
6 Jan 2021
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Phil 2805 lecture 21 november 24, 2020 euthanasia part ii. Overview: review, case: it"s over debbie , kass" argument against active euthanasia, velleman"s beneficence-based argument. Review: distinctions: voluntary euthanasia (ve) provided at the request of a competent individual, nonvoluntary euthanasia (ne) provided for an incompetent individual. Remember this is in the context where administering a lethal dose was immoral and illegal at the time. This is not a clear case of voluntary euthanasia but rather lots of elements of informed consent is implicit not explicit. Intuitively, i felt it was ethical, although there was a lot that was implied. Kass: limits of medicine: physician as: a competent hired syringe (informative model physicians as technicians; a lot of respect for autonomy of the patients) vs, guided by the goal of whole-person health . Doctors may or must allow to die, even if they must not intentionally kill (p. 10) Kass violation of the goals of medicine (hippocratic oath)
