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Physician-Assisted
Suicide
Many Issues
What is euthanasia?
Deliberate
Intentional
Taking of a life
Of a presumably hopeless person (injured
or ill, without prospects for recovery)
Cases
Jonathan Swift
Jack, the cancer patient
The lorry driver
Jane Doe, Jane Roe, advanced cancer
George Kingsley, John Doe, AIDS
James Poe, emphysema
Golden rule
Contractarian argument
Dangers
Balancing risks
Self-interest
Slippery slope
Dutch example
Poor
Elderly
Neonates
Disabled
Mentally ill
Membership in stigmatized social group
Those without access to good medical care