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What are the weaknesses of permitting Euthanasia?
-Total rejection strengthens peoples commitment to developing terminal care
-Abuse of the system
-How can we be sure they truly want death and it isn’t a cry for help
-6th Commandment in the Old Testament “Thou shalt not kill” (Life is sacred from God
-Wedge Argument
What philosopher said total rejection strengthens peoples commitment to terminal care?
Jonathon Glover
What was Jonathon Glover’s quote on Euthanasia?
“The policy of total rejection of euthanasia may have the advantage of strengthening peoples commitment to developing humane and imaginative forms of terminal care”
What philosopher said euthanasia could be abused by the system?
Glover
What is the Wedge Argument?
A logical argument that there is a slippery slope and always a chance of exploitation of the weaker room, what begins with the best intentions results in undesirable ends
What is given as an example of the Wedge Argument?
Nazi Euthanasia
