Euthanasia Flashcards
What is an example of suicide being blasphemous in the Bible?
Judas
What does Corinthians say about your body not belonging to yourself?
“Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God. You do not belong to yourself.”
What does St Paul say about suffering?
“We are a living sacrifice”
Where is the proof for the strong sanctity of life view that it is better to suffer rather than die?
“Love is patient, it bears all, believes all, endures all” 1 Corinthians
What does JP2 say about euthanasia in EV?
“It promotes a culture of death.”
What does Genesis 9:6 say about humanity being made in the image of God?
“Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made mankind”
What is the difference between the strong and weak sanctity of life view?
Strong View: Traditional, euthanasia is under no means allowed.
Weak View: Jesus teaches compassion and sometimes the most compassionate thing to do can be to end a life.
What is vitalism?
The view that all life is sacred.
What is an instrumentalist view of human life?
A life is good if it can fulfil what makes it worth living.
What does Peter Singer distinguish between?
‘Humans’ and ‘Persons’. To be a person you must have rationality and self-consciousness.
What does Peter Singer say about killing those who are ill?
“We can compare a severely defective human with a non-human animal.”
Who made the slippery slope argument and what is it based on?
Archbishop Anthony Fisher made it and it is based on the fact that in Holland euthanasia was legalised for the terminally ill… then for babies.
What example in Oregon does Singer give?
In Oregon most patients are white, educated etc so euthanasia must not target the vulnerable.
What does Helga Kushe say about the Nazis and why it is not a good example?
“The motivation was neither mercy or respect for autonomy.”
What can we determine for the quality of life?
Total happiness, average happiness, higher qualities
What are QUALYS?
A subjective & discriminatory way to determine QoL.
What does Singer say about how how old QoL is?
“Christian dominations of European though.”
What does Jonathon Gove say?
“A life in a permanent coma is in no way preferable to death.”
Who is Nozick?
Nozick is a libertarian (make your own choice) and deontological (absolutist). He argues self-ownership - the rights over your own life.
What happens if you are not being autonomous and rational?
Someone can step in (paternalism)
What happens when we pair the slippery slope and autonomy?
How can we restrict the freedom to die to applicable cases; we can’t. We should not adopt autonomy on euthanasia.
