Euthanasia

The Empirical Slippery Slope from Voluntary to Non-Voluntary Euthanasia

Ebscohost Link

Lewis, Penney. "The Empirical Slippery Slope from Voluntary to Non-Voluntary Euthanasia." Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (2007): 197-210. Retrieved EBSCOhost Database.

From the Abstract: This article examines the evidence for the empirical argument that there is a slippery slope between the legalization of voluntary and non-voluntary euthanasia. The main source of evidence in relation to this argument comes from the Netherlands. The argument is only effective against legalization if it is legalization which causes the slippery slope. Moreover, it is only effective if it is used comparatively-to show that the slope is more slippery in jurisdictions which have legalized voluntary euthanasia than it is in jurisdictions which have not done so. Both of these elements are examined comparatively.

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Hemlock Society Website (pro)

http://www.compassionandchoices.org/educationcenter/documents.php

Document database from compassionandchoices.com (front for Hemlock Society). News, anectotes, journal articles, essays.

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Yes on I-1000 (pro)

http://www.yeson1000.org/ http://www.yeson1000.org/FactSheet.pdf

Pro website regarding upcoming initiative to legalize PAS in Washington

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No on I-1000 (pro)

http://noassistedsuicide.com/

Anti website regarding upcoming initiative to legalize PAS in Washington

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Age Rationing and the Just Distribution of Health Care: Is There a Duty to Die?

• Author(s): Margaret P. Battin
• Source: Ethics, Vol. 97, No. 2 (Jan., 1987), pp. 317-340
• Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
• Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2381351

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Hastings Center

Check them out in the JSTOR database, very balanced, easy to read articles

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Voluntary Euthanasia and the Inalienable Right to Life

• Author(s): Joel Feinberg
• Source: Philosophy and Public Affairs, Vol. 7, No. 2, (Winter, 1978), pp. 93-123
• Published by: Formerly published by Princeton University Press
• Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2264987

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Doing Away with Double Effect

• Author(s): Alison McIntyre
• Source: Ethics, Vol. 111, No. 2 (Jan., 2001), pp. 219-255
• Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
• Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2675687

discusses difference between active PAS and double-effect PAS, if there is such a distinction

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A Critique of Three Objections to Physician-Assisted Suicide

• Author(s): Dan W. Brock
• Source: Ethics, Vol. 109, No. 3 (Apr., 1999), pp. 519-547
• Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
• Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2989451

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On Killing and morality of acts

• Author(s): Thomas Aquinas
• Source: Summa Theologica II-II, Q. 64, art. 7
• Source: Summa Theologica I-II, Q. 18 (esp art. 3)

Discusses double effect

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Toward Understanding the Principle of Double Effect

• Author(s): Joseph M. Boyle, Jr.
• Source: Ethics, Vol. 90, No. 4 (Jul., 1980), pp. 527-538
• Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
• Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2380452

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Physician-Assisted Suicide, the Doctrine of Double Effect, and the Ground of Value

• Author(s): F. M. Kamm
• Source: Ethics, Vol. 109, No. 3 (Apr., 1999), pp. 586-605
• Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
• Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2989454

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