Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Applying to Euthanasia
- Natural Law
- wrong because goes against
sanctity of life as all life is sacred
and gift from God, only he can
choose when to end it
- innocent life-
helping with euth
you're helping
end their life.
- patient would be able to
stop taking life
prolonging drugs, should
be treated with
compassion, respect and
dignity
- allows doctrine of double
effect; doctor gives overdose
with aim of relieving pain
resulting in death as aim was
not to kill
- The Church
- Pope John Paul II said life is
an "extraordinary gift from
God" and euth is a
"violation of that gift"
(sanctity of life)
- Situation Ethics
- "there is more to being
human than just being
alive" therefore in
certain circumstances,
following agape,
person who's
terminally ill ought to
be able to make
informed decision to
die
- Utilitarianism
- could be seen as
ultimate act for
utilitarian
- you're ending pain and
making them happy by
agreeing to wishes
- situation is very different if
apply GHP- if patient wants
to die but family do not,
they can't be euthanised,
but if family want them to
be euthanised but patient
doesn't, they will have to
be anyway
- both situations,
rights of patient are
suppressed by
majority, as
utilitarianism
doesn't value human
life/rights
- Categorical Imperative
(Kantian Ethics)
- Universalisability
- can't universalise
because you can't
universalise killing
- means to an end
- asking doctor/family to help is
using them as means to end your
life. could be said suicide is using
yourself as means to an end
- Kant on suicide
- illogical as we all posses
'self-love' which helps us to
survive, it seeks what's in our
best interest therefore illogical
for self-love to seek death
- however self-love may seek death when
we're in pain as it's in out best interest