FYSM 1209 Lecture Notes - Mental Distress, Assisted Suicide, Euthanasia
23 Apr 2014
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Patrick nowell-smith yes: do we have a right to die at a time and matter of our own choice, he says: it has a moral element for the right to die, practical argument (legal side) Assisted suicide are all forbidden by law. Passive euthanasia is legal: can we justify changing the law, moral arguments: Rights-based: right to life (somerville- invioble, activity of life, right to decide (autonomy principle, the right not to be killed, peter singer in favour of active euthanasia. It is against popular opinion: guidelines . It has to be the voluntary expression from the patient. The expression has to be for reasons of suffering over time. Diagnosis of 2 doctors or teams determination that their life will end soon. Assignment rock don"t give all details of what she says about daly how is it relevant make connections between daly and as a measurement and rock"s objection to daly.
