A moral defense of Oregon's physician-assisted suicide law

Michael B. Gill

doi:10.1080/13576270500031055

A moral defense of Oregon's physician-assisted suicide law

Michael B. Gill

Philosophy

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Abstract

Since 1998, physician-assisted suicide has been legal in the American state of Oregon. In this paper, I defend Oregon's physician-assisted suicide (PAS) law against two of the most common objections raised against it. First, I try to show that it is not intrinsically wrong for someone with a terminal disease to kill herself. Second, I try to show that it is not intrinsically wrong for physicians to assist someone with a terminal disease who has reasonable grounds for wanting to kill herself.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	53-67
Number of pages	15
Journal	Mortality
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13576270500031055
State	Published - Feb 2005

Keywords

Autonomy
Callahan
Double Effect
Kass
Oregon
Pellegrino
Physician-Assisted Suicide

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Health(social science)
Religious studies
Philosophy

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