HSS 4107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Autoimmune Disease, Supreme Court Of Canada, Dementia
11 Sep 2018
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September 10th: sanctity of life ethos, cannot intentionally hasten death by any form, neither positive acts such as injection or negative act such as restricting food or water (commission/omission) Includes (cid:498)pulling the plug(cid:499: stewardship, since life is a loan from god of infinite worth only god is allowed to take it away. God gives life and takes it: infinite scared worth, going against this would be playing god or acting like you know more than he does. It is showing that you are mimicking the example of your profit like jesus on the cross. Your prophet suffered so can you: you"re a sinner, and sinners suffer. Suffering is a constant: can be seen across various religions, christians outlawed suicide during suffering for more than reminder of your sin. Carter v. canada: suffered from als, courts agreed with her request to be killed.
