The Morality of Euthanasia

Organon F

Adam Greif¹ 

[1] Comenius University;

关键词: legalisation;    moral freedom;    morality;    needlessness of euthanasia;    requested euthanasia;    sanctity;    slippery slope;   

DOI  :  10.31577/orgf.2019.26404

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In this paper, I defend the view that the requested euthanasia of adults is morally permissible and should be legalised; I use an argument from analogy which compares physician-assisted euthanasia with morally less ambiguous and, in my opinion, an acceptable instance of mercy killing. I also respond to several objections that either try to prove that the instance of mercy killing is not acceptable, or that there is a fundamental difference between these two cases of killing. Furthermore, in the remainder of the paper I defend the moral permissibility and legalisation of euthanasia against several objections that appeared in local disputes on this issue, based on the concepts of the limits of freedom, the slippery slope, and the needlessness of euthanasia.

【 授权许可】

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