PHIL 262 Study Guide - Final Guide: Assisted Suicide
15 Mar 2018
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Is killing someone morally worse than letting them die: active euthanasia is not any worse than passive euthanasia. A case against euthanasia (346: euthanasia and suicide are morally problematic, committing suicide is rare. It is bad public policy to abandon long-standing legal prohibitions (353) A moral defense of oregon"s physician-assisted suicide law (355: objections to oregon law. It is intrinsically wrong for someone to kill herself (suicide) Oregon law promotes autonomy because it expands the range of decisions a person can make. Kass says that legalizing pas does not promote autonomy but encourages its destruction. Someone who engages in pas will then be dead and has no autonomy (self-contradictory) Oregon"s law only allows pas if you have less than 6 months to live. Person"s decision-making ability is going to disappear whether he/she commits suicide or not. It is intrinsically wrong for physicians to assist someone in suicide. Duty to promote health and reduce suffering.
