ARE 444 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Persistent Vegetative State, Deception, Business Ethics
5 Nov 2017
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Taking of human life part 1: lecture 7. Killing- put to death, slay, deprive of life. Murder- unlawful killing of one human by another: ca(cid:374) add legal (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)ept of (cid:862)premeditation(cid:863, manslaughter. Suicide- i(cid:374)te(cid:374)tio(cid:374)al taki(cid:374)g of o(cid:374)e"s o(cid:449)(cid:374) life. Illegal so we have a basis to stop someone from doing it. Irrationality of suicide- was moral and rational because he was unhappy and painful (cid:894)g(cid:396)oup(cid:895) he dis(cid:272)ussed it (cid:449)ith people a(cid:374)d it (cid:449)as ok"ed (not all situations of suicide are rational. Religious argument- bad that suicide was committed because of religious culture and not going to heaven. Even though its rational to want to get of rid of pain, it"s not ethical to make others deal with your death. Domino argument- he took his own life, no one took his life for him. Mercy killing? leads to othe(cid:396) (cid:449)a(cid:455)s to killi(cid:374)g people . Justice argument- the argument that suicide is unjust to the people left on the back side.
