PHLB09H3 Lecture 5: Week 5 Lecture Notes
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Worries about a slippery-slope and dangers of coercion. I. e. not resuscitating people: legal in canada. Justification based on respect for patient autonomy (forced treatment constitutes assault: patient has a right to refuse treatment, death may be desirable in this situation. Justified by physician"s obligation of beneficence: (ealth law )nstitute, dalhousie university: (cid:498)withholding and. Is one more/less morally culpable: e. g. (cid:498)) didn"t kill him, ) merely allowed him to die (cid:499) a patient die (cid:498)for humane reasons,(cid:499) then he/she should be in a position to actively kill for humane reasons. If the decision is wrong (if disease was curable for example), then passive euthanasia is this case would also be wrong. Not a defense: (cid:498)) didn"t do anything. (cid:499) Case 2: the mere difference between actions and omissions does not make a moral difference (cid:523)e,g. )sn"t there abuse with pe: brock suggests 1-(cid:886) (cid:523)(cid:884)(cid:883)(cid:885)(cid:524), the slip into non-voluntary active euthanasia , e. g.
