acitve vs passive euthinaisia Flashcards
(14 cards)
reahceals
Brock
Kusche
Consuqentlaist=they are the same
-both aim to respect the patients wishes
-1)benifence - well meaning of patient
2)non malevolence - avoiding harm
=both have these two intentions thus are morally same
Aquinas
Kenny
staunch
Looks to casual authorship meaning responsibility
-passive doctor has a less direct role
-Principe of equality, two people same illness, all other factors are equal
-One passive, simply remove, but active requires additnal act, doctor author/agent
Blackburn
Difference is found in law, irrespecitve of your intention
Thus suppose I wish you dead, if I act to bring about your death I am a murderer, but if I happily discover you in danger of death, and fail to act to save you, I am not acting, and therefore, according to the doctrine, not a murderer.
singer
uniacke
D hopkins
View that Passive is worse
Callahan
Fuchs
Viewing them the same=slippery slope