Suicide and Euthanasia - Germain Grisez

Flashcards covering key concepts from Germain Grisez's lecture on suicide and euthanasia.

Grisez distinguishes between goods and goods.

Instrumental goods and intrinsic goods.

Examples of instrumental goods include and .

Money and Hammer.

Human life is considered an __ good according to Grisez.

Intrinsic good.

Euthanasia is seen as wrong because it is a direct attack on the __ human good of life.

Intrinsic.

Suicide involves the intentional act of ending one's own life, while martyrdom is distinct because it results in one's death as an __ side effect.

Unintended.

A cancer patient who foregoes treatment to spend time with loved ones is not considered to be committing __.

Suicide.

The war protestor who lights himself on fire is guilty of an immoral act because he is intentionally __ himself.

Harming.

Performing high-risk activities where death is probable out of curiosity is an example of being __ reckless.

Immorally.

To love God involves loving every human good that God has __.

Created.

Grisez argues that suicide is wrong because it harms the __ and is contrary to loving God.

Community.

Not everyone who commits suicide acts with full moral __ due to various factors.

Responsibility.

Grisez responds to the objection that it is more valuable for an individual to kill himself than to be subject to natural death by stating that it is better to suffer anything than to do what is __.

Morally wrong.

The claim that killing oneself can sometimes produce more good than harm is an example of __.

Consequentialism.

There is a relevant difference between killing yourself intentionally and allowing yourself to die, as a person who adopts a suicidal proposal accepts the character of a __.

Killer.

Grisez argues that human life has __ value, while animal life has instrumental value.

Intrinsic.

The argument that physicians should be allowed to act without legal interference because they are competent in life and death issues is countered by the need for __ and oversight.

Limitations.

Legalizing euthanasia may lead to a lack of respect for the __ of life.

Sanctity.

Legalization of voluntary euthanasia could potentially lead to __ euthanasia.

Non-voluntary.

The legalization of euthanasia could result in an increase in the mindset of a __ who sees life as merely instrumentally valuable.

Killer.