PHI 2396 Chapter Notes - Chapter 21: John Stuart Mill, Assisted Suicide, Abortion Debate
25 Apr 2017
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Chapter 21 -assisted death debate 2 -social policy & law. Pro-allowance of the assisted death in canada -for those who are in serious condition or people with dementia. There has to be individual rights since there are lots of restriction in each individual. Similar to abortion debate, (cid:858)the right to die(cid:859) (pro-(cid:272)hoi(cid:272)e(cid:895) is pitted agai(cid:374)st (cid:858)the right to life(cid:859)(cid:894)pro-life) There aren"t any symmetrical view -since there are variance between the 2 points of view. Mostly, political liberals (eg. feminists) are divided on the issue of euthanasia some says it empowers choice, other cautiously says it can further marginalize (left out from the social progress) the already disempowered. Legal rights formed from law, human rights are supported only by being a member of the set of humans. Abolitionists claims it is a human right to know autonomous decisions about end of life choices.
