lesson 10 - euthanasia Flashcards
Also called as mercy killing
Euthanasia
act or practice of painlessly putting to death persons
suffering from painful and incurable disease or incapacitating physical disorder or allowing them to die by withholding treatment or withdrawing artificial life-support measures.
euthanasia
They were both 91 years old and in declining health (whose case of euthanasia?)
Nic and Trees Elderhorst
___________ suffered a stroke in 2012 and more recently, his wife, ________, was diagnosed with dementia
Nic Elderhorst; Trees Elderhorst
Nic and Trees Elderhorst died hand-in-hand - in a _______________ allowed under Dutch law
double euthanasia
________________ became the first country to legalize euthanasia in ________ , allowing physicians to assist ailing patients in ending their lives without facing criminal prosecution.
The Netherlands; 2002
A 104-year-old Australian scientist who travelled to Switzerland to end his life committed assisted suicide, the foundation which helped him die.
David Goodall
_____________, who had been barred from seeking help to end his life in his home country, did not have a terminal illness but said his quality of life had deteriorated significantly and that he wanted to die.
David Goodall
in David Goodallās case of euthanasia, the death occurred from an infusion of ____________, a barbiturate
Nembutal
preserve human dignity in death even to the individualās last breath
Moral Issue of Euthanasia
being worthy of respect as a human being
Human Dignity
____________ is met with diverse reactions due to its
controversial context.
Euthanasia
____________ is met with diverse reactions due to its
controversial context.
Euthanasia
Countries where Euthanasia is legal:
1) Switzerland
2) Belgium
3) Canada
Euthanasia is morally accepted when:
ļ· Voluntary
ļ· If it means ending the agony of a terminally ill person
ļ· It means painless death will bring more good compared to prolonged suffering
Condemned by natural law of ethics, direct or deliberate
Mercy Killing
The ends does not justify the means
mercy killing
There are instances when medications that are given may give relief but also shortens life; this is when it is morally permitted.
Principle of Double Effect
If the patient is hopeless further medication is allowed to be discontinued even if it means prolonging their life.
No Moral Obligation
We are autonomous rational being
Kantās Ethics
We have a duty to preserve our life
Kantās Ethics
However when such instances like a person in comatose; voluntary or active euthanasia is permissible.
Kantās ethics
A terminally ill is no longer autonomous thus our duty to preserve life no longer holds
Kantās Ethics
___________ = Duty to preserve life
Autonomy