Choosing to Die: Elective Death and Multiculturalism
C. G. Prado
Language: English
Pages: 224
ISBN: 0521697581
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
In this book, C. G. Prado addresses the difficult question of when and whether it is rational to end one's life in order to escape devastating terminal illness. He specifically considers this question in light of the impact of multiculturalism on perceptions and judgments about what is right and wrong, permissible and impermissible. Prado introduces the idea of a "coincidental culture" to clarify the variety of values and commitments that influence decision. He also introduces the idea of a "proxy premise" to deal with reasoning issues that are raised by intractably held beliefs. Primarily intended for medical ethicists, this book will be of interest to anyone concerned about the ability of modern medicine to keep people alive, thereby forcing people to choose between living and dying. In addition, Prado calls upon medical ethicists and practitioners to appreciate the value of a theoretical basis for their work.
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Proper motivation. Recall that criteria A through C specify that choosing to die is rational when it is a genuine option, is chosen after proper and unimpaired deliberation, is motivated by suitable values, and is in the deliberator’s interests in the sense that death is less harmful than continuing to live under shortly anticipated or already intolerable conditions. The first criterion, A, is that choosing to die is rational when it is a genuine option for the agent, decided on after.
Assistance provided, and if she was unable to commit SS2, she may not be able to perform the minimal act involved in committing AS3. Another complication is that even if Ms. A is capable of committing SS2 and prepared to do so, she may be loath to take her own life with the means most readily available to her, such as slashing her wrists or asphyxiating herself. But acquiring the appropriate drugs may well affect timing and cause Ms. A’s resolve to weaken or possibly prompt desperation that.
Diagnosed with ALS while still presenting only the mildest of symptoms and chooses to die rather than bear the inevitable devastation ALS will produce, assessors of his or her elective-death reasoning likely will be divided on the weight to be given the test results. Some will find most salient What Standards? 101 that the individual choosing to die is as yet free of serious symptoms and may continue to be so for some time; they will see choosing to die on the basis of the test results and.
Elective death; it ameliorates a frightening decision – especially in the cases that concern us, choosing to die to avoid or escape hopeless suffering, where the stakes in continued earthly life are significantly reduced. However, what belief in a personal afterlife then makes crucial, in deliberation and assessment of elective death, is that at least with the major faiths religion’s promise of personal survival of death is invariably tied to proscription of suicide. In order to assess properly.
Choosing to die are being precipitous. 174 Choosing to Die The matter of latitude ultimately centers on how choosing to die to avoid futile suffering and degradation should not be the perquisite of a tiny elite capable of strict syllogistic reasoning and of acting on entirely objective motives. Terminal illness does not discriminate; anyone can face horrendously destructive prospects, and barring incompetence or similar impediments, most terminal patients should be able to opt to avoid those.