End-of-life decisions, ethics and the law:
End-of-life decisions, ethics and the law:
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4. Assisted dying (1)• Terminology– Assisted dying – Wider <strong>and</strong> narrower– Assisted suicide– Euthanasia• Ethics• Root meaning• Passive <strong>and</strong> active (perspective <strong>of</strong> assister)• Voluntary, non-voluntary, involuntary (perspective <strong>of</strong> patient)– Moral right to assisted dying <strong>of</strong> individuals in <strong>the</strong> terminalphase <strong>of</strong> dying– Arguments for: (1) Personal autonomy; (2) Suffering; (3)Moral equivalence– Arguments against: (1) Playing God; (2) Pr<strong>of</strong>essionalresponsibilities: (3) Slippery slope22
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