Euthanasia Flashcards
Biblical quote
‘I knew you in your mothers womb’
NML agree
Primary precepts, legalist, absolutest
Peter singer
Pig has ‘superior qualities’ than human
Diane pretty
Motor neurone- 2002
Mill support of happiness argument
Autonomy- if it doesn’t harm others it’s fine
Johnathan Glover
Consciousness defines quality of life
Bentham
Analyse pain to work out whether euthanasia is right
Kant support of NML
Categorical imperative of universality
Kai Nielsen on NML
Primary precepts not universal
James Rachael
Active and passive are the same- deontological
Situation ethics quotes
‘Suicide or mercy killing is to justify the other’
‘Harder to justify letting someone die a slow and ugly death, dehumanised, than it is to justify helping him escape from such misery’
Helga kuhse
Nazis used active and non voluntary euthanasia- slippery slope??
Robinson
‘Ethic for humanity come of age’