PHIL 1200H Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Terminal Illness, Assisted Suicide, Rachel Rutherford
4 Apr 2016
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Read charters of rights and freedoms, rodrigues v. british. Columbia 1993 (summary included), gillian bennett and carter: canada 2012 & 2013 as a reference for the debate. Group b1: emilia mattina, olivia timm, scott gardner, chloe murray, rachel. Are given the instruments to end their death. Do not know what the person wanted. Considered to be murder, take someone"s life without their wishes. Highlights the section 7 argument (right to life) P1: people aware of their terminal illness feel pressure to end their lives. P2: terminal illness does not decide when people are ready to die mentally, only physically. P3: people who are terminally ill come to a point where they are unable to mentally choose to request/commit suicide. C1: they are unable to eventually choose when they will die. P4: these people fear their loss of autonomy. Hp1: all terminal illnesses begin a progression in loss of autonomy.
