Moral intuition, good deaths and ordinary medical practitioners.

Abstract:

:Debate continues over the acts/omissions doctrine, and over the concepts of duty and charity. Such issues inform the debate over the moral permissibility of euthanasia. Recent papers have emphasised moral sensitivity, medical intuitions, and sub-standard palliative care as some of the factors which should persuade us to regard euthanasia as morally unacceptable. I argue that these lines of argument are conceptually misdirected and have no bearing on the bare permissibility of voluntary euthanasia. Further, some of the familiar slippery slope arguments against voluntary euthanasia compromise the principle of autonomy to which both supporters and opponents of euthanasia adhere. I discuss a model for doctor/patient relationships which can be applied to cases which would be seen by all disputants as strong prima facie cases for euthanasia. I argue that in certain cases it will be ordinary medical practitioners who are duty-bound to assist death.

journal_name

J Med Ethics

authors

Parker M

doi

10.1136/jme.16.1.28

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1990-03-01 00:00:00

pages

28-34

issue

1

eissn

0306-6800

issn

1473-4257

journal_volume

16

pub_type

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