Passive and active euthanasia: What is the difference? [Book Review]

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 11 (2):175-180 (2008)
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Abstract

In order to discuss the normative aspects of euthanasia one has to clarify what is meant by active and passive euthanasia. Many philosophers deny the possibility of distinguishing the two by purely descriptive means, e.g. on the basis of theories of action or the differences between acting and omitting to act. Against this, such a purely descriptive distinction will be defended in this paper by discussing and refining the theory developed by Dieter Birnbacher in his “Tun und Unterlassen”. On this basis I will suggest a new definition of active and passive euthanasia

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Active and passive euthanasia.James Rachels - 1975 - In Steven M. Cahn (ed.), Exploring Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology. Oxford University Press.
Life and death decision making.Baruch A. Brody - 1988 - New York: Oxford University Press.
Tun und Unterlassen.Dieter Birnbacher - 1996 - Zeitschrift für Philosophische Forschung 50 (3):506-510.
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