Natural Law: Euthanasia

Natural Law: Euthanasia

1. Natural law argues that this goes against the primary precept 'preserve life' and veiws life as intrinstically good

   • Euthanasia is therefore wrong and the catholic church forbids both active and passive euthanasia as "contrary to the dignity of the human person and the respect due to God, his creator
   • however the theory does allow the 'DOCTRINE OF DOUBLE EFFECT' (intention is to relieve pain, but a secondary effect may kill)

2. The catholic church also makes a distinction between 'ordinary means' and 'extradordinary means'

   • Ordinary means (ordinary medical treatment)
   • Extra ordinary means (treatments that are dangerous or disproportionate
     • Morally acceptable to stop extraordinary means

3. "Discontinuing medcical procedures that are burdensome, dangerous, extraordinary or disproportiante to the expected outcome can be legitamate, it is the refusual of "over-zealous" treatmemt'

4. 'Worship God' you are messing with Gods plan for you and also God said in the bible that 'life is sacred' and 'Do not kill'

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