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Euthanasia (Natural Law (Deontological around actions with the pururpose…
Euthanasia
Natural Law
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rejects consequentialism as killing undermines the Primary Precepts , society and the duty to God
Even non-voluntary euthanasia is not permmitted as death can only be defined as cessation of the heart and brain, self-defence is the onlysufficient reason to kill
Context
Types
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Non-Volunatry - persons life is ended without their consent but with the consent of someone representing their bets interest
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PVS - persistent Vegitatie state but new evidence has come up that the brain can function on low levels
Situation Ethics
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Idea of personhood, if there is non then euthanasia is allowed
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recognises the instrumental aspect of the body but also that it can be more than a biological existance
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Against
5 Arguments against
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Alternatie argument, with modern day tech and proisions there is no need
Religious
Scanctity of Life
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Origins
We are greated in the likeness of God in genesis 1:27 'imago dei' ( perhaps this is our sentient ability)
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Sanctity means cannot be sacrificed ie when God first orders Abraham to kill Isaac and then replaces this order with a lamb
Protestants belive that the likness of God and the sanctity of life was lost with origional sin but sanctity can be regained through the salation offered through Christ to euthanise is waisting Jesus' sacrifice
Ancient laws ban the taking of life as it is a gift from God and falls beyond what humans have authority over
AO2-Questioned in God's destruction of Sodom and Gommorah and Gods origional command to Scarifice Issac
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Weak christianity
does not consider killing an innocent person out of love the same as murder. murder implies and ulterior motive
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Medical ethics, a Dr should preserve life
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Utalitarian
'higher qualitys judgment'- when a persons life is judged by a certain minimum standard such as memory and relationships
Autonomy as the basis of 'quality of life' the value of life comes form one ability to freely choose ones future
Conciousness as the basis for quality of life -Glover takes an instrumantalist iew ; the bosy is important as so far as concious experinec is possible