Euthanasia

The Empirical Slippery Slope from Voluntary to Non-Voluntary Euthanasia

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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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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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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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