PHL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Euthanasia
5 Jan 2021
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Principle of autonomy (poa): one ought to respect a competent person"s choices provided that: One can do so without undue costs to oneself. Doing so will not violate other moral obligations. The choices do not threaten harm to other persons/ parties: p1. One ought to abide by a competent person"s choices about their own medical care: p2. A competent person could choose to end their life because of pain: p3. One ought to abide by a competent person"s choice to end their life because of pain. Argument from justice (ja) breakthrough cannot make rational decisions. Faint hope of miracle is not sufficient to override a person"s decision. A person experiencing pain is probably better able to make a decision than. When a person is ill, there is always a chance of recovery or medical. People who want to die are not competent because in such dire situations they. Aa suggests that passive and active euthanasia are permissible (provided they are.
