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Euthanasia (Key ideas (sanctity of life (that human life is made in…

- - - - Genesis 1:27 - 'God made man in his image.'
      - life is intrinsically sacred
  - - - humans should be able to live dignified lives and die with dignity
      - Daniel James - low quality of life?
        Diane Pretty - campaigned for the right to be euthanised and wasn't granted it.
        Christopher Reeves - was going to be euthanised but changed his mind - high quality of life?
  - - - Johnathan Glover (Causing Deaths and Saving Lives 1977) suggested several factors before deciding
        
        How serious - the helper should be convinced the decision is serious, thought through and not a temporary state.
        
        How reasonable -helper should think the decision is reasonable. If a person says their life is not worth living but the helper thinks it is, this needs to further discussion before a decision is made.
        
        How changeable - The circumstances in which the request comes need considering. Are they liable to change?
        
        Common reasons for not allowing euthanasia (in a country, e.g in England). Glover calls them side effects:
        
        It could lead to involuntary euthanasia e.g through pressure
        
        It may lead to people being discouraged from going to hospital for treatment for fear of being pressured in euthanasia
        
        It may detrimentally affect end-of-life palliative care as the focus would switch to decisions about ending life, not about comforting the patient
  - - - typically in cases with brain death or permanent vegetative state
      - Critical issue - person cannot make the decision
      - Peter Singer argues that the desire for control over how we die marks a turn away from the sanctity of life ethics and that people in modern democracies more and more want this control. Increasingly doctors are willing to break the commandment not to kill, the strongest moral rule that has been taught.
        
        society is less religious