HPS 0613 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Homicide, Slippery Slope

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Little difference between patient or physician administering lethal dose of medicine (between voluntary active vs assisted suicide: example 1: the greedy son, greedy son pulls the plug on mother to save money. Claims he (cid:862)(cid:373)e(cid:396)ely allo(cid:449)ed he(cid:396) to die(cid:863), (cid:374)ot killed he(cid:396): son killed his mother. If a doctor does the same thing, that is also killing. But one justly kills, while the other does not. 2 main values that support euthanasia: autonomy important to empower people with decision making because people are very concerned about circumstances surrounding their death, well-being so(cid:373)e patie(cid:374)ts" life (cid:272)i(cid:396)(cid:272)u(cid:373)sta(cid:374)(cid:272)es a(cid:396)e (cid:374)o lo(cid:374)ge(cid:396) tole(cid:396)able. No objective standard, only the judgment of the patient. Patient autonomy should not compel/obligate physicians to assist the patient: physi(cid:272)ia(cid:374)s al(cid:449)ays ha(cid:448)e (cid:396)ight to (cid:396)efuse to assist patie(cid:374)t if they (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e it"s immoral. Killing is not always wrong, e(cid:448)e(cid:374) if it"s killi(cid:374)g a(cid:374) i(cid:374)(cid:374)o(cid:272)e(cid:374)t pe(cid:396)so(cid:374) (cid:894)i. e. patie(cid:374)t(cid:895) If this is true, then we should probably also restrict the withholding of treatment.

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