PHIL 1165 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Suicide Attempt, Preference Utilitarianism, The Slippery Slope
12 Oct 2017
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When killing is, and is not, wrong. Human vs other species w/ similar intellectual capacity. Cannot assume that to be human is to give one a right to life. People die only if there is more to lose from living. Voluntary euthanasia allows for control over death (painless, dignified, etc) If one has the right to life, one should have the right to death. Rationality of denial of selling yourself to slavery vs euthanasia. Nobody changes their mind after euthanasia is applied (no hostile. What about possibility of patients making mistake in requesting for euthanasia? enforcement required) Competent individuals should be able to make their own judgements. Competence, mental illness, and other grounds for taking life depression be depressed. Episodic depression (on and off) treatment? they would become depressed again) This doesn"t count towards people who are bored w/ life. Hentoff: physicians can"t recognize depression or treat pain; pain relief removes.
