Exam 8: Euthanasia

If a person asks to be disconnected from certain life support equipment, and this is done, this is a case of what would be considered voluntary active euthanasia for one is actively doing something.

The primary determinant of whether a case should be labeled active or passive euthanasia is whether or not there is any action involved.

Give a consequentialist argument for legalizing active euthanasia and a consequentialist argument against it.

________ is a nonconsequential consideration for active voluntary euthanasia.

Give a consequentialist and a nonconsequentialist or deontological reason for the importance of voluntariness.

All the following are recognized as legal grounds for withdrawing life support except

Pointing to the liability to abuse of laws permitting active euthanasia is relying on consequentialist considerations about not taking a human life.

According to Becker, the Buddha believed it was important to

A person in a coma is not generally considered to be dead by most state laws.