[READ DOWNLOAD] Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy: An Argument against Legalisation

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Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy An Argument
against Legalisation (Cambridge Bioethics and Law)
Sinopsis
This book argues against the legalisation of
voluntary euthanasia and/or physician-assisted sui
cide on the ground that, even if they were
ethically defensible in certain 'hard cases',
neither could be effectively controlled by law.
It maintains that the experience of legalisation
in the Netherlands, Belgium and Oregon lends
support to the two 'slippery slope' arguments
against legalisation, the 'empirical' and the
'logical'. The empirical argument challenges the
feasibility of drafting and enforcing adequate
safeguards against abuse and mistake the logical
argument shows that acceptance of the case for
euthanasia in the case of suffering patients who
request it logically involves acceptance of
euthanasia for suffering patients who are unable
to request it, such as infants and those with
advanced dementia.