Euthanasia Flashcards
(16 cards)
Euthanasia
Involving somebody else in ending your life as you are not able to do it yourself - medical assistance or help make it euthanasia
Passive euthanasia
Stopping life saving support to someone
Palliative care
Uk norm - aims for support and comfort of the dying in last time
Quality of life vs sanctity of life are which ethical theories
Quality = situation ethics
Quantity = natural law - aquinas primary precept to preserve life
Case studies
Tony bland
Daniel James
May hampsoj
Tony bland
-first passive euthanasia - hillsborough - vegetable -legalised passive euthanasia
Daniel James
Switzerland assisted dying -post rugby injuring and attempted suicide many times post accident - illegal
Mar hampsoj
Rugby injury - paralysed - charity founder to support people in similar boat
Sanctity of life
All life is sacred and good given it is not our choice when to take life
Natural law
Primary precept to preserve life and do good and avoid evil so euthanasia is wrong by Catholic teaching
.euthanasia is a apparent good as it is a permanent solution to temporary problem
.natural law is absolutist with no exceptions
Situation ethics on the matter
Non absolutist - rejects ban on euthanasia
Each part of a individuals experience must be taken into account
The euthanasia is justified if it brings out the most loving outcome
.fletcher beleived quality over quantity of life
Autonomy and right to die
Autonomy is the right to make ur own decisions
-competent individuals should have control and the right to choose how they die
Why no euthanasia
The vulnerable could be coerced and pressured into it when they do not want to die or if they see themselves as burdenes
Rachel’s acts vs omissions
Beleives all euthanasia is wrong and the same wether active or passive
E.g letting someone drown for inheritance or killing someone for inheritance have the same motives and outcomes
Lizz Carr
Euthanasia will marginalise the vulnerable
John keown
Slippery slope argument with laws of euthanasia
