‘Alive by default’: An exploration of Velleman’s unfair burdens argument against state sanctioned euthanasia
In this article we critically evaluate an argument against state-sanctioned euthanasia made by David Velleman in his 1992 paper ‘Against the right to die’. In that article, Velleman argues that legalizing euthanasia is morally problematic as it will deprive eligible patients of the opportunity of st...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2020]
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| In: |
Bioethics
Year: 2020, Volume: 34, Issue: 3, Pages: 288-294 |
| RelBib Classification: | NCH Medical ethics VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Kantianism
B Utilitarianism B Vulnerability B rational suicide B Euthanasia |
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