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Euthanasia Mercy Killing - Example Papers

Euthanasia Mercy Killing

Sue Rodriguez has reminded us all of our own mortality and our need to
think carefully about the kind of society we want to live and to die in.
Sue Rodriguez was known through the media, and her well spoken and eloquent
speeches. People painfully in support of what she believed in, watched as
her strength was sapped by the devastating disease (amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis), and we were moved by her clear thought and her bravery as a
person facing death. Here was a woman who acted on her beliefs with
courage and tenacity and whose grace has enriched us all.
It is no defense to point to the fact that a person has requested to
be killed: "No person is entitled to consent to have ...

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dying person's request,
prepares a poison and leaves it on the bedside for that person to take, and
a person who helps the patient to drink it or who administers it directly
at the request of a dying person who is unable to take it personally? Is
there, in short, a real distinction between killing and letting die? Well,
this is the difference between passive and active euthanasia, and if you
believe in euthanasia, you must decide which one is correct or even accept
both to be correct depending upon the situation.
We must carefully think through a number of conceptual issues. What is
a person? What is death? How does the difference between active and
passive function in arguments for and against euthanasia? Is there any
difference between killing and letting die? Suppose the doctor agrees to
withhold treatment... The justification for his doing so is that the
patient is in terrible agony, and since he is going to die anyway, it would
be wrong to prolong his suffering ...

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Added: 10/11/2006 11:26:07 AM
Category: Health & Medicine
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