David Goodall died today and the Washington Post nicely summarized the issues surrounding his death in “David Goodall, 104, just took his own life, after making a powerful statement about assisted death.” Continue reading David Goodall’s Death
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”
Outline of The Euthanasia Debate
The Death of Socrates, by Jacques-Louis David (1787)
Technology prolongs and sustains life artificially. Parallel to the question of when becomes a person in the abortion debate, a central question in the euthanasia debate is when does one cease to be a person? Continue reading Outline of The Euthanasia Debate