Euthanasia Flashcards
What are the 5 types of Euthanasia?
- 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.
What is the UK law on Euthanasia?
Both euthanasia and assisted suicide are illegal under English law ~ ‘Suicide Act of 1961’
What is the Slippery Slope Argument and how is it applied to the problem of Euthanasia?
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.
What is the Sanctity of life Principle?
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.
What is the Quality of Life Principle?
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What is Mill’s ‘Liberal Principle’?
Humans should be given liberty. They are the best judge of their own happiness.