If we are to effectively understand the debate about the right to die in the United States, it is imperative that a few basic terms be understood. The first and most important term is euthanasia. Originating from the Greek terms
EUTHANASIA: A POSITION PAPER Introduction Somer While there has been a good deal of discussion as to whether euthanasia is a moral or ethical act (Loewy, 2002), there has been less discussion of the effects of legalizing euthanasia on society (Hughes, 2002). ... In this regard, the optio...
As such, this is a book on euthanasia. While acknowledging the contribution of African tradition and western scholars to the development of medical ethics as a discipline in both western and African universities and harboring no wishes to turn back the clock of this development to the past, the...
Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy. An Argument Against Legislation In 2002 the Netherlands and Belgium both adopted a law on euthanasia. In the Netherlands the law was a codification of a longstanding practice of condoning... GAM Widdershoven - 《Journal of Medical Ethics》 被引量: 3发表: ...
The paper traces the changes that occurred during the nineteenth century in deathbed ethics, concluding with proposals for regulating dying legally through euthanasia. It focuses on the most significant moments in the history of the nineteenth-century deathbed, outlining a three-stage transformation in ...
Euthanasia Euthanasia is the process of deliberately ending someone’s life in order to calm uncontrollable... 5 Pages | 2118 Words Is DNA Database an Ethical Issue? DNA Ethics In an ideal world, we would walk freely knowing we aren't being tracked. However in our reality... ...
problem of euthanasiaThe primary aim of this paper is to critically evaluate the deductive model of ethical applications,which is based on normative ethical theories like deontology and consequentialism,and to show why a number of models have failed to furnish appropriate resolutions to practical moral...
The article presents the arguments for and against euthanasia within the etymological and legal frameworks used in Australia and other countries. Both sides of the arguments characterize euthanasia as a moral issue, founded on the application of the concepts of autonomy and human rights and realized ...
The aim of this paper is to reconstruct the Dutch debate on the moral permissibility of euthanasia so as to clarify and strengthen the various views that can be advanced in support of euthanasia. On the one view, The Pure Autonomy View (TPAV), the justification of euthanasia rests solely...
The results indicate that the proportion of students supporting euthanasia of animals and humane treatment of laboratory animals remained consistent before and after receiving laboratory animal ethics education. This suggests a high initial level of support that did not change, likely due to a ceiling ...