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The Morality of Assisted Dying.

Stephen Richards¹

¹The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia.

The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

|April 7, 2025

Summary

This essay argues that assisted dying is immoral. It stems from a flawed, modern concept of human dignity that prioritizes individualism over vulnerability and respect, making it ethically unsound.

Area of Science:

Bioethics
Moral Philosophy

Background:

Modern emphasis on individualism has reshaped the concept of human dignity.
This altered dignity concept is foundational to the practice of assisted dying.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze the morality of assisted dying.
To examine the ethical implications of the contemporary understanding of human dignity in relation to assisted dying.

Main Methods:

Philosophical analysis of the concept of human dignity.
Ethical critique of autonomy as a justification for assisted dying.
Examination of societal influences on moral conceptions.

Main Results:

The contemporary concept of dignity, influenced by individualism, is morally flawed.

Keywords:

assisted dying autonomy dignity euthanasia morality

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This flawed dignity concept minimizes vulnerability, dismisses coercion, and undermines respect for individuals.

Autonomy, as a justification, is an insufficient and criticized aspect of this dignity concept.

Conclusions:

Assisted dying is rooted in a deficient and self-defeating ethical foundation.
The moral basis for assisted dying is compromised by its origins in a restructured and inadequate concept of human dignity.