PHLB07H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Convenience Store
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Week 4 lecture #8: wednesday january 25, 2017. Velleman & mattlin against the right to die. Recalling brock"s argument: every individual case of voluntary active euthanasia (vae) is wrong or impermissible, some individual cases of vae might not be wrong, but it would be wrong to permit vae as a matter of social policy. Velleman (& mattlin) offer a version of the 2nd challenge: In this chapter i offer an argument against establishing an institutional right to die . This question is distinct from the question of whether anyone is ever morally entitled to be allowed or helped to die. I believe that the answer to the latter question is yes (velleman 81). Kantian" autonomy our capacity for self-determination; our capacity to make decisions based on reasons that we fully endorse. Option" autonomy possessing maximal opportunities for self-determination having as many options as possible to choose from. Velleman"s broader philosophical worry: according patients with the right to die promotes.
