PHIL 1165 Lecture 7: Euthanasia

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 1165
• Professor: John Weagraff

Document Summary

Moral and social problems in healthcare: end of life, euthanasia i. Voluntary vs non-voluntary: voluntary, killing or letting die a competent person who has been persistent in their wish to die, non-voluntary, killing or letting died a patient who is unable to express such wish to die. Non-voluntary : proxy : a third party is making the decision for the unable patient ii. Involves killing a patient : administering lethal force: passive. Involves letting a patient die : failing to revive a patient. Futile vs non-futile + extraordinary vs ordinary (context dependent) a. iii: futile + extraordinary, may temporarily prolong death, likely to be in an irreversible state, non-futile + ordinary, maintaining the patient with possibility of recovery iv. Forms of euthanasia: voluntary passive euthanasia (vpe, refusal of treatment by a competent patient. 2. (non-)voluntary active euthanasia: physician assisted suicide, non-voluntary passive euthanasia, withholding treatment for non-competent patients v.