On the Assumed Moral Superiority of Passive over Active Euthanasia

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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.19090/arhe.2024.42.51-75" target="_blank" >10.19090/arhe.2024.42.51-75</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
On the Assumed Moral Superiority of Passive over Active Euthanasia
Original language description
Since the inception of the euthanasia debate, the differentiation between active and passive euthanasia - distinguishing between "letting die" and "actively killing" - has emerged as a central point of contention. In this paper, we will contend that: a) the boundary between active and passive euthanasia is inherently nebulous, b) there exists no morally substantive disparity between active and passive euthanasia, and c) if such a disparity could be admitted, it would probably favor active euthanasia over passive. We will seek support for this final claim of ours in the three principal traditions of normative ethics, namely deontology, utilitarianism, and virtue ethics.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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