PHI 2396 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Capital Punishment By Country, Welfare Rights, Abortion-Rights Movements
1 Apr 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
The assisted death debate ii: social policy and law. Like the abortion debate, the right to die (or pro choice is pitted against the right to life or. The spectrum of views is politically asymmetric: for example, political liberals like feminists are divided on issue of euthanasia some saying it empowers choice, other wary that is could further marginalized the already disempowered. Human or moral rights: while legal rights emanate from law, human rights are supported merely by being a member of the set of humans. Abolitionists claim it is a human right to recognized autonomous decisions about end of life choices. In short, euthanasia is a logical result of the full recognition of self-determination: euthanasia is a vital liberty, since it regards a vital choice, a choice this vital deserves state support, including medical assistance, retentionists. Ask why limit the right to die to terminally ill adults.
