Bioethics and political ideology: The case of active voluntary euthanasia
H Häyry - Bioethics, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
H Häyry
Bioethics, 1997•Wiley Online LibraryIn different countries responses to important bioethical issues are different, as exemplified by
the attitudes towards the voluntary and active forms of medical euthanasia. But why is this
the case? My suggestion is that the roots of the variety are, to a considerable degree,
ideological. The most important present‐day political ideologies all have their roots in the
prevailing doctrines of moral and social philosophy. In the paper these doctrines are
outlined and the predicted response towards active voluntary euthanasia within each model …
the attitudes towards the voluntary and active forms of medical euthanasia. But why is this
the case? My suggestion is that the roots of the variety are, to a considerable degree,
ideological. The most important present‐day political ideologies all have their roots in the
prevailing doctrines of moral and social philosophy. In the paper these doctrines are
outlined and the predicted response towards active voluntary euthanasia within each model …
In different countries responses to important bioethical issues are different, as exemplified by the attitudes towards the voluntary and active forms of medical euthanasia. But why is this the case? My suggestion is that the roots of the variety are, to a considerable degree, ideological.
The most important present‐day political ideologies all have their roots in the prevailing doctrines of moral and social philosophy. In the paper these doctrines are outlined and the predicted response towards active voluntary euthanasia within each model is sketched. The conclusion reached is that while it would in some countries be dangerous to allow euthanasia in the prevailing circumstances, the solution is not to hinder the legalization process but to alter the circumstances.
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