PSYCH218 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Conscientious Objector, Canadian Medical Association, Involuntary Euthanasia
29 Mar 2018
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Criminal code of canada prohibited suicide and consenting to have death inflicted upon them. Includes assisting the suicide or providing with lethal agent. Feb 6, 2015 supreme court changed this: violated the charter of rights and freedoms. Pad is allowed for competent individuals who: clearly consent to the termination of life, have an irremediable medical condition that causes intolerable suffering. 1995 (cid:862)the pe(cid:272)ial e(cid:374)ate co(cid:373)(cid:373)ittee o(cid:374) eutha(cid:374)asia a(cid:374)d assisted ui(cid:272)ide(cid:863: majority recommended that suicide stay illegal, majority also recommended that voluntary and involuntary euthanasia should remain criminal offenses, but lesser offence when motivation is mercy/compassion. I(cid:374) all future de(cid:271)ates, it will (cid:271)e i(cid:373)possi(cid:271)le to ig(cid:374)ore the cc"s assess(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of risk, and hard to reverse it. Only way to appeal pad is to appeal to either religious grounds or intrinsic wrongness (hard to back up). Prohibiting pad is much harder: religious considerations cannot be the basis of law in any country that recognizes separation of church and state.
