HSS 4107 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Euthanasia, Canada, Oregon
12 Oct 2018
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HSS 4107
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Fall 2018
HSS4107
Lecture 1
September 10th
1. Sanctity of life ethos
A.
• Cannot intentionally hasten death by any form
• Neither positive acts such as injection or negative act such as restricting food
or water (commission/omission)
• Includes pulling the plug
B.
• Stewardship
o Since life is a loan from god of infinite worth only god is allowed to
take it away. God gives life and takes it
o Infinite scared worth
o Going against this would be playing god or acting like you know more
than he does. It would be asserting yourself over define authority
o Some doctors or politicians still believe in this, may take years or
decades to change this L
o Limited personal autonomy cannot question it yourself or commit
suicide
• Value in prolonged suffering
o Includes pain
o Your suffering has transcendent meaning and purpose although you
may not even know it at the time
o Can be justified in individual circumstances
o Can be seen as a lesson for other Christians (Christian context)
▪ It is showing that you are mimicking the example of your profit
like Jesus on the cross. Your prophet suffered so can you
▪ You’re a sinner, and sinners suffer. Suffering is a constant
reminder of your sin
▪ Can be seen across various religions
▪ Christians outlawed suicide during suffering for more than
2000 years, as long as you stuck it out you would go to heaven
▪ Considered a positive way to portray yourself to others within
your community
▪ Called patient endurance
▪ Not sticking it out was seen as a breach of trust and was
frowned upon
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• Define wrath
o The view that any weakening of the doctrine of sanctity would harm
the community
o Disobeying brings the wrath of god down to everybody in the
community
o Suffering is essentially a sacrifice for everyone else
o Used in today’s militaries except weapons of mass destruction or
terrorist are the wrath that comes rather than god.
▪ Patriotism, nationalism, racism
C.
• Sue Rodriguez
o Has ALS, barely able to speak, eat or breathe
o Begging for assisted suicide for months
o In her 40s with a terminal illness with nobody after her money while
suffering from intractable pain
o Was denied her request by the supreme court of Canada my majority
opinion (5 of 9) who made reference to the sanctity of life
o Instead of using define wrath as a reason they used a slippery slope
with reference to protecting the weak and vulnerable from being
pressured into suicide
o Ended up doing it in secret outside the hospital, not one charge was
laid against anybody including the NP who was there with her
o Was applauded by others after leaving courts, her request was
supported by the general population
o Attempted suicide was a crime in the past until 1972 and suicide
rates actually dropped suggesting there’s no correlation between
suicide of someone and the rest of the population
• Robert Latimer/Tracy Latimer (1990s)
o Minor who could not consent to due severe disabilities
o Severe problems around age 11 including seizures or intense pain
o Father killed her using exhaust fumes from truck while he watched
her die peacefully
o He consented for her wife also agreed
o Jury was confused and recommended 1 year prison 1 year house
arrest
o Eventually was appealed and got 2nd degree murder and a 10 year
sentence and ended up serving 7 years
o He told authorities he had no choice because of her deteriorating
condition
o Could have got out early if he admitted he did something wrong but
he stood by his decision with no regret and as a result stayed in
prison
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Document Summary
September 10th: sanctity of life ethos, cannot intentionally hasten death by any form, neither positive acts such as injection or negative act such as restricting food or water (commission/omission) Includes (cid:498)pulling the plug(cid:499: stewardship, since life is a loan from god of infinite worth only god is allowed to take it away. God gives life and takes it: infinite scared worth, going against this would be playing god or acting like you know more than he does. It is showing that you are mimicking the example of your profit like jesus on the cross. Your prophet suffered so can you: you"re a sinner, and sinners suffer. Suffering is a constant: can be seen across various religions, christians outlawed suicide during suffering for more than reminder of your sin. Carter v. canada: suffered from als, courts agreed with her request to be killed.
