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Letting and making death happen, withholding and withdrawing life-support: morally irrelevant distinctions.

C Gratton1.   

Abstract

The author argues that there is no morally relevant distinction between letting and making death happen, and between withholding and withdrawing life-support. There is a discussion of possible adverse consequences in believing that there are moral distinctions. And then he shows that acknowledging the absence of such a distinction does not necessarily imply any endorsement of active euthanasia.

Keywords:  Analytical Approach; Death and Euthanasia; Philosophical Approach

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Year:  1990        PMID: 10107000     DOI: 10.1007/bf01650687

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Med Humanit        ISSN: 1041-3545


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1.  Letting and making death happen: is there really no difference? The problem of moral linkage.

Authors:  T F Dagi
Journal:  J Med Humanit       Date:  1990
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