Word: euthenasia
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
INFANTICIDE, THEN, represents a more certain method of selective birth control than the combined pre-natal actions, anmiocentesis and abortion. The parents can see their creation and decide whether it is worth keeping. However, this infanticide, an example of euthenasia, is at present deemed criminal homicide, despite the motive of mercy. Most legal experts dispel claims that passivity is not as culpable as a positive act of murder. They contend inaction is tantamount to action when there is a duty to act, and most moralists would agree...
Paul A. Freund, Loeb University Professor, notes that the analysis of this infanticide-euthenasia discussion ultimately poses the question, "If one is, without fault on his part, a threat to the well-being of others, may those others in good conscience remove the threat to enhance their own lives and the lives of others dependent on them...
...chronic illness like heart disease, cancer or any of a series of neurological disorders including stroke. We can expect to suffer months of anguish on the road to death. Where the very nature of death itself has changed, so have our attitudes and perspectives on life and its termination. Euthenasia is not a new term, but in recent years it has become a more frequent subject of discussion...
| 1 |