PHILOS 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Supreme Court Of Canada, Euthanasia
10 Jan 2019
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Involves someone"s life being ended prematurely with the help of another human being. Interesting topic to explore, in our current society we treat death as something in our distant future and do not give it much thought (don"t think about our demise) In the ancient world, death was always around the corner. In ancient syria and rome, euthanasia was illegal (especially after the rise of. Christianity: these religious attitudes continued even to our present day. In england during the renaissance, scientists and scholars suggested that euthanasia should allow men to be freed of this bitter life and that physicians should acquire euthanasia skills . In the same year, the catholic church released a position paper; life is a gift of. Arguments in favour of euthanasia: 3 basic principles used to justify euthanasia, mercy, one ought to relieve the suffering of another person, so long as: It does not come at undue costs to oneself.
