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A response to euthanasia initiatives.

J C Harvey1, E D Pellegrino

  • 1Center for the Advanced Study of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

Health Progress (Saint Louis, Mo.)
|February 7, 1994
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Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia debates impact societal roles and patient-physician relationships. Ethical arguments against these practices are shifting from theological to philosophical reasoning in pluralistic societies.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Ethics
  • Sociology of Medicine
  • Philosophy of Medicine

Background:

  • The physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia debate significantly impacts the medical profession and societal values.
  • Historical patient-physician relationships are often viewed as a covenant, with physicians holding duties of beneficence and non-maleficence.
  • The debate is influenced by scientific advancements, evolving political philosophies, and declining religious consensus.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the multifaceted influences on the physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia debate.
  • To examine the ethical underpinnings of physician duties within the patient-physician relationship.
  • To explore the shift in argumentation from theological to philosophical grounds in contemporary society.

Main Methods:

Keywords:
Death and Euthanasia

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  • Philosophical analysis of ethical principles.
  • Societal trend analysis regarding scientific advancement and religious consensus.
  • Review of historical and contemporary patient-physician relationship models.

Main Results:

  • The debate is driven by scientific overreach, new political ideologies, and eroding religious consensus.
  • Traditional Judeo-Christian ethics posit that life is divinely given, making euthanasia and assisted suicide morally impermissible.
  • In a pluralistic society lacking religious consensus, theological arguments against these practices are less persuasive.

Conclusions:

  • Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia challenge fundamental aspects of the medical profession and societal structure.
  • Moral arguments against euthanasia and assisted suicide must adapt to a secular, pluralistic context, utilizing moral philosophy.
  • The evolving societal landscape necessitates a re-evaluation of ethical frameworks governing end-of-life decisions.