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| the intentional termination of the life of a patient |
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| prolonging the life of a dying patient to relieve the pain and suffering (allowing patient to die) |
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| What is the difference between active and passive euthanasia |
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| what is conventional doctrine |
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| active euthanasia is not any worse than passive euthanasia |
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| 1st argument towards the conventional doctrine |
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| passive euthanasia unnessarily prolongs the suffering of a patient |
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| 2nd argument against conventional doctrine |
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| "leads to decisions concerning life and death made on irrelevant grounds" |
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initiator in sequence of events leading to someones death |
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| explain the importants of rescue 1 & 2 (how agency plays a role) |
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rescue 1: let one die to save 5
rescue 2: killing 1 to save 5
agency plays a role in rescue 2 |
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| Rights to noninterference |
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no action/negative duty(w/o having consent)
nonvoluntary active euthanasia always violates a right to noninterference and nothing overrides this, so it is always wrong. |
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| right to goods and services |
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postive duty/helping people
nonvoluntary passive euthanasia only violates a right to service, so its only wrong where that right to service is not overriden. |
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| Foots view on abortion: response to thompsons violinist |
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different scenarios, one is sick(violinist) the other (fetus) is not. In one situation i have agency in the other I don't. (agency in killing the baby) |
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| Appeals to what is natural |
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more concerned in preserving what is natural rather than what is domesticated or someone man-made. If we are part of nature then everything we do is part of nature.perhaps it isnt up to us to decide what is natural so therefore everything to be preserved. |
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| Appeals to needs and services |
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| the idea than an object or agents having interests, needs or preferences gives it an ethical status.9how do we know this mountain wants a freeway running through it). |
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