Euthanasia (Edexcel A-Level Religious Studies): Flashcards
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Voluntary euthanasia definition
Voluntary euthanasia definition
Ending life to relieve suffering at person's request/consent
Glover: condition 1 for helping someone die
Glover: condition 1 for helping someone die
Serious, rational, properly thought out decision
Glover: condition 2 for helping someone die
Glover: condition 2 for helping someone die
Others agree life no longer worth living
Glover: condition 3 for helping someone die
Glover: condition 3 for helping someone die
No hope for change in their situation
Glover: refusing to help someone die is...
Glover: refusing to help someone die is...
Serious denial of person's autonomy
Singer's criteria for justifiable euthanasia
Singer's criteria for justifiable euthanasia
Informed, voluntary and settled decision to die
Mill: who is sovereign over body and mind?
Mill: who is sovereign over body and mind?
The individual is sovereign
Thomas More's view on choosing to die
Thomas More's view on choosing to die
May choose to die if torturing pain, no hope of recovery/ease
Hans Kung: who gave responsibility for dying?
Hans Kung: who gave responsibility for dying?
All-merciful God gave freedom & responsibility for lives/deaths
Gregory Pence: why help dying people die?
Gregory Pence: why help dying people die?
Not wrong because they are actually dying
Dawkins' euthanasia pet analogy point
Dawkins' euthanasia pet analogy point
Merciful service ok for pets, should be same for humans
Natural Law: Law of Double Effect meaning
Natural Law: Law of Double Effect meaning
Distinction between foreseeing & intending what happens
Fletcher: euthanasia described as...
Fletcher: euthanasia described as...
Merciful release from incurable suffering