Euthanasia Flashcards

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What are the 5 types of Euthanasia?

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  • voluntary - patient has asked for it
  • involuntary- without permission from the patient
  • passive - doctors don’t directly take life but allow them to die
  • active - doing something to end the life of a patient
  • non-voluntary - a persons life is ended with consent of someone representing them.
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What is the UK law on Euthanasia?

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Both euthanasia and assisted suicide are illegal under English law ~ ‘Suicide Act of 1961’

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What is the Slippery Slope Argument and how is it applied to the problem of Euthanasia?

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If a rule is weakened, even for good reasons, then what eventually follows if the rule is again weakened for good reasons, will be highly undesirable.

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What is the Sanctity of life Principle?

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Human life is always valuable from the moment of conception until natural death - there are no exceptions, all innocent human life must be equally protected.

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What is the Quality of Life Principle?

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What is Mill’s ‘Liberal Principle’?

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Humans should be given liberty. They are the best judge of their own happiness.

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