PHIL 120W Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Robert Latimer, Normative Ethics, Applied Ethics

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 120W
• Professor: Jennifer Warriner

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Introduction to ethics (everything we do will look at situations and what can be applied to it) Violation of autonomy the ability to make choices. Discriminatory (equality) because he killed a disabled child. Argument for euthanasia: we are obligated to respect human dignity, suffering from great pain robs individuals of their dignity, euthanasia allows individuals to die with dignity, therefore, euthanasia is morally permissible. Argument against euthanasia: because god created us, god alone has dominion over out bodies, god chooses when we live or die, eutha(cid:374)asia i(cid:374)terferes (cid:449)ith god"s do(cid:373)i(cid:374)io(cid:374) o(cid:448)er us, therefore, euthanasia is morally impermissible. Evaluating arguments (cid:862)it is ethi(cid:272)al to help e(cid:374)d a perso(cid:374)"s sufferi(cid:374)g through death. Therefore, a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e eutha(cid:374)asia is (cid:373)orally per(cid:373)itted. (cid:863: fallacy of begging the question to assume the truth of the conclusion without providing support for it. Not giving you reasons, but repeating themselves. A(cid:448)oid (cid:449)hat (cid:449)e"re assu(cid:373)i(cid:374)g or (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e is right.