PHIL20401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Rca Dimensia
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Cases where we have a duty to die, compares 2 situations saying is it worse to lose career and savings or just have a shorter life. Ex) trek to south pole where one captain gets sick and knew that if they stayed and helped them they would never succeed so he took one for the team. Duty to die bc with technology we should have died earlier. Even if we get rid of all these illnesses we will continue to live but then we will die from other things such as dimensia which could be more a burden on our family. Offensive bc extends to idea that mentally ill people should die. Briefly addresses in section about incompetent individuals. o. Ppl who cant understand their duties don"t have the duty to die bc they o. If not understand a duty or not understand that what you did was wrong then cant hold responsible.
