Category Archives: Euthanasia

Summary of Dan Brock’s “Voluntary Active Euthanasia”

The Death of Socrates, by Jacques-Louis David (1787)

Dan Brock says his essay, “Voluntary Active Euthanasia,” discusses voluntary active euthanasia in cases “where the motive of those who perform it is to respect the wishes of the patient and to provide the patient with a “good death…” Continue reading Summary of Dan Brock’s “Voluntary Active Euthanasia”

Summary of James Rachels, “Active and Passive Euthanasia”

The Death of Socrates, by Jacques-Louis David (1787)

The late philosopher James Rachels published one of the most salient pieces on the euthanasia (E) debate in 1975 in The New England Journal of Medicine titled “Active and Passive Euthanasia.” Continue reading Summary of James Rachels, “Active and Passive Euthanasia”

Summary of J. Gay Williams’ “The Wrongfulness of Euthanasia”

The Death of Socrates, by Jacques-Louis David (1787)

In his article, The Wrongfulness of Euthanasia, J. Gay Williams rejects the view that “that if someone (and others) would be better off dead, then it must be all right to kill that person.” Continue reading Summary of J. Gay Williams’ “The Wrongfulness of Euthanasia”