Euthanasia, or Mercy Killing

1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology (2019)
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Sadly, there are people in very bad medical conditions who want to die. They are in pain, they are suffering, and they no longer find their quality of life to be at an acceptable level anymore. When people like this are kept alive by machines or other medical treatments, can it be morally permissible to let them die? Advocates of “passive euthanasia” argue that it can be. Their reasons, however, suggest that it can sometimes be not wrong to actively kill some patients, i.e., that “active euthanasia” can be permissible also. This essay reviews these arguments.

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Nathan Nobis
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Doctrine of double effect.Alison McIntyre - 2008 - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
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