Letting_die Knowpia

In non-consequentialist ethical thought, there is a moral distinction between killing and letting die. Whereas killing involves intervention, letting die involves withholding care.^[1]^[2]

Also in medical ethics there is a moral distinction between euthanasia and letting die. Legally, patients often have a right to reject life-sustaining care, in areas that do not permit euthanasia.^[3]

References edit

^ Thomson, Judith Jarvis; The Hegeler Institute (1976). Sugden, Sherwood J. B. (ed.). "Killing, Letting Die, and the Trolley Problem". Monist (in German). 59 (2): 204–217. doi:10.5840/monist197659224. ISSN 0026-9662. PMID 11662247.
^ Foot, Philippa (1967). "The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of the Double Effect". Oxford Review. 5: 5–15.
^ aafp.org

Further reading edit

Bennett Jonathan (1993), 'Negation and abstention: two theories of allowing' in B. Steinbock and A. Norcross (eds.), Killing and Letting Die, pp. 230-56, New York: Fordham University Press.

[1] Thomson, Judith Jarvis; The Hegeler Institute (1976). Sugden, Sherwood J. B. (ed.). "Killing, Letting Die, and the Trolley Problem". Monist (in German). 59 (2): 204–217. doi:10.5840/monist197659224. ISSN 0026-9662. PMID 11662247.

[2] Foot, Philippa (1967). "The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of the Double Effect". Oxford Review. 5: 5–15.

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