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Flashcards by Rachel Wallace, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Rachel Wallace
over 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Definition of Euthanisia | Ending of life because a person is in pain and suffering |
| What are the three types of euthanasia? | Voluntary - with consent, no force Non-voluntary - Without consent, in a coma, medical/family involved. Involuntary - done against the patients wishes |
| What is active and passive euthanasia? | active - doing something deliberately to end a persons life. passive - stopping doing something - withdrawing food or water - so the patient ultimately dies |
| How is the SOL involved? | Life is sacred. Treat life with reverence & respect. God given. 10 commandments |
| What is the QOL of viewpoint on euthanasia? | allowing doctors to play God with DNR on patients files. Hard to judge as it's subjective. Some want to end their lives due to feeling like a burden. Singer - human life varies & depends on its quality. If a patient considers that they have a low QOL this justifies them taking their life or getting someone else to do it for them. |
| How does a person in PVS view euthanasia? | Are they still human? Slippery slope effect - beings legit & ends up just killing people as someone decides that their QOL justifies ending it. Compassion and feelings? |
| What does Mill say about autonomy? | People should have full autonomy over their body so long as it does no harm to others. |
| What does John Locke say? | A person has absolute rights over their body. |
| What do those that support euthanasia say about autonomy? | They believe that personal autonomy is vital. |
| What does James Rachels say about the SOL? | It places too much value on human life and is unhelpful with euthanasia. |
| Explaint he QOL argument from a relativist judgement. | Enables the amount of pain involved, the imminence of death and whether life holds any pleasure for the individual to be taken into account. |
| From Singer's point of view, is the QOL or SOL argument more helpful when making life and death decisions? | More helpful to focus on QOL. |
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