Exam 2: Quiz 8

Question 1

The kind of euthanasia that would be practiced on babies or young children who cannot consent.

Answer 1

Non-voluntary euthanasia

Question 2

A terminally ill rational, autonomous adult requests assistance in dying

Answer 2

Voluntary euthanasia

Question 3

A doctor removes a respirator from a patient, and critics claim she is morally responsible for the death of the patient

Answer 3

Culpability

Question 4

The principle of autonomy sometimes wrongly overrules all other considerations and takes over when it comes to medical assistance in dying

Answer 4

Self-determination runs amok

Question 5

A doctor gives a patient a lethal injection, which directly results in the death of a patient. This is an act of ________________.

Answer 5

Commission

Question 6

Timothy Quill’s actions in relation to his patient Diane

Answer 6

Physician-assisted suicide

Question 7

Esophageal blockage made swallowing impossible; parents petitioned court to not do surgery to remove the blockage so they could “let nature take its course”

Answer 7

Baby Doe

Question 8

James Rachels argues that this is no morally better than killing a patient.

Answer 8

Passive euthanasia