Active and Passive Euthanasia: Rachels vs Steinbock and the AMA

1. 1According to James Rachels, the 1973 AMA statement

   1. Aforbids euthanasia in all forms
   2. Bforbids active euthanasia but allows passive euthanasia
   3. Cforbids passive euthanasia but allows active euthanasia.
2. 2According to Rachels, there is no morally relevant difference between active and passive euthanasia

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
3. 3According to Rachels there is an important moral difference between killing and letting die.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
4. 4What fault does Rachels find with the original AMA statement?

   1. AHe thinks the AMA statement allows unnecessary suffering
   2. BHe thinks it's wrong to withhold treatment if doing so allows someone to die
   3. CHe thinks we have a moral duty to preserve life at all costs.
   4. DAll of the Above
5. 5According to Rachels, the AMA policy allows decisions to be made on irrelevant grounds.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
6. 6According to Rachels, the cessation of the employment of extraordinary means is the intentional termination of life by passive means.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
7. 7According to Bonnie Steinbock, the 1973 AMA statement

   1. Aforbids euthanasia in any form
   2. Ballows active euthanasia but forbids passive euthanasia
   3. C allows passive euthanasia but forbids passive euthanasia
   4. DNone of the Above
8. 8According to Steinbock, the cessation of the employment of extraordinary means is the intentional termination of life by passive means.

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
9. 9 Which of the following does Steinbock accept?

   1. ANone of the Above
   2. BIf a doctor withdraws treatment to respect a patient's autonomous choice, the doctor has committed passive euthanasia.
   3. CIf a doctor intentionally takes a person's life, the act is not euthanasia if the doctor did it to end the patient's suffering.
   4. DBoth of the Above
10. 10According to the article, "Decisions Near the End of Life,"which is the basis of the new AMA statement on euthanasia

    1. Aa doctor can withhold treatment if the patient chooses, even if withholding treatment hastens death.
    2. Bif a patient requests, a doctor can give a dose a pain medicine that will likely hasten the death of the patient if the intention is not to hasten death, but to relieve pain.
    3. CBoth of the above are allowed and neither is regarded as euthanasia, according to the article.
    4. DNone of the above

11. 11Hastening death is the same thing as intending death, according to the new AMA statements.

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse

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