PHLB09H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Terri Schiavo Case, Involuntary Euthanasia, Suicide Pact
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Passive e: indirect causing of death for another sake. Letting die" (letting nature take its course, no action is done by the physician, etc. ) Active euthanasia is illegal, passive euthanasia is legal. Active voluntary euthanasia* (competence, requested it, active = needing medical assistance) Active non-voluntary e (through an act of means, competence, did not ask: should be active involuntary e. Passive voluntary e (letting them die naturally, competent, requested) Passive non-voluntary e (not competent, e. g. terry schiavo case) Pas: patient actively takes his/her own life with aid of physician. Arguments for (in favor of) active voluntary euthanasia. Passive euthanasia may prolong suffering (e. g. it may take awhile until it actually happens) (although beneficence wants to do all good, death may not necessarily be good, but it is what the patient desires to avoid and depart from the stress they endure) Children often must care for ill parents.
