
Peter Singer on Life and Death Decision-Making (originally on Bioethics Bites)
Philosophy Bites
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Euthanasia and the Right to Life Prolonging Treatment
I would want to distinguish between saying you're fully morally justified in doing it and the question of whether anybody is justified in stopping you. This will only work if you are not only adult but competent in a sand mind, you've thought about it for a while. In Britain and the United States and Canada and Australia most countries that I know best most doctors would say okay that's your decision. Some other countries in Japan perhaps might not happen in that way - there are different standards. But I think it's important that we promote the idea of patient autonomy in this area.
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