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euthanasia - Coggle Diagram
euthanasia
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sanctity of life
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religious origin
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Church of England - human life in intrinsically valuable, to dispose of life is the same as capital punishment + murder
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situation ethics
altruistic, agape, philanthropist + non reciprocal outlook
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autonomy + right to die
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Hans Kung - 'God, who's given men + women freedom.. has also life to the dying the responsibility for making a conscious decision about the manner + time of their deaths'
Mary Warnock - there will be a time where we need to grant an 'easeful death' to more people - bringing compassion into law
James Rachels - advocated active euthanasia as passive euthanasia by omission may be cruel as it prolongs pain
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voluntary euthanasia
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case studies
Simon Binner - diagnosed with motor neurone disease (6 months to live) - euthanised in Switzerland by own choice
Tony Nicklinson - paralysed body + functioning mind - when court refused his claim he starved himself to death
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