| Voluntary Euthanasia, Physician-Assisted Suicide, and the Right to do Wrong. | |
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PMID: 23338120 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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It has been argued that voluntary euthanasia (VE) and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) are morally wrong. Yet, a gravely suffering patient might insist that he has a moral right to the procedures even if they were morally wrong. There are also philosophers who maintain that an agent can have a moral right to do something that is morally wrong. In this article, I assess the view that a suffering patient can have a moral right to VE and PAS despite the moral wrongness of the procedures in light of the main argument for a moral right to do wrong found in recent philosophical literature. I maintain that the argument does not provide adequate support for such a right to VE and PAS. |
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Jukka Varelius |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2013-1-22 |
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Title: HEC forum : an interdisciplinary journal on hospitals' ethical and legal issues Volume: - ISSN: 1572-8498 ISO Abbreviation: HEC Forum Publication Date: 2013 Jan |
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Created Date: 2013-1-22 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8917455 Medline TA: HEC Forum Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Behavioural Sciences and Philosophy, University of Turku, FI-20014, Turku, Finland, jukvar@utu.fi. |
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