To kill a patient who is terminally ill and wants to have his life ended is an act of active
euthanasia. As a society we condemn such acts in our legal, moral, and professional codes …

There is no question that letting someone die and killing someone are different acts,
distinguishable one from the other. But it is unclear that these acts result from distinct moral …

Is there a morally significant distinction between killing and letting die? In particular, is killing
worse, in itself, than letting die? This question has received much attention in recent years …

Is it worse to kill someone than to let someone die? It seems obvious to common sense that
it is worse. We allow people to die, for example, when we fail to contribute money to famine …

Medical ethicists debate whether or not the moral assessment of cases of euthanasia should
depend on whether the patient is' killed'or'allowed to die'. The usual presupposition is that a …

The object of this essay is to explain why the distinctions made in euthanasia between killing
vs. letting die and willingness to kill vs. unwillingness to kill are not relevant to real life …

JAMES RACHELS famously argues that there is no moral difference between killing and
letting die and so none between active and passive euthanasia. l He uses the example of …

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In their account of passive euthanasia, Garrard and Wilkinson present arguments that might
lead one to overlook significant moral differences between killing and letting die. To kill is …

This collection contains twenty-one thought-provoking essays on the controversies
surrounding the moral and legal distinctions between euthanasia and" letting die." Since …