Euthanasia Scholars

Question 1

Pope Francis

Answer 1

• Thinks that Euthanasia is not the correct response to the problem of human suffering.
• “Euthanasia provides a false sense of compassion”

Question 2

Pope Francis

Answer 2

• Thinks that Euthanasia is not the correct response to the problem of human suffering.
• “Euthanasia provides a false sense of compassion”

Question 3

Hippocrates of Kos

Answer 3

-Devised the Hippocratic Oath euthanasia is against the principle
“first do not hand”

Question 4

Lord Carey

Answer 4

Dislikes the tendency to rigidly stick to set moral rules, contrary to the loving thing to do.
“Strictly upholding the sanctity of life would lead to a situation contrary to the Christian message of hope”

Question 5

J.S Mill

Answer 5

-thinks that the only person who has claim over an individuals body id the individual
“over our own bodies and minds, we are sovereign”-Mill.

Question 6

Kevin Smith

Answer 6

• Thinks that is ethically wrong to bring religion into a tragic human situation
• “we should not put idle threats of supernatural damnation into a tragic situation”

Question 7

Dr Jack Kevorkian

Answer 7

• Thinks that the patient must have the last say over what happens to them.
• The most important thing in ethics is “autonomy”

Question 8

Hippocrates of Kos

Answer 8

-Devised the Hippocratic Oath euthanasia is against the principle
“first do not hand”

Question 9

Lord Carey

Answer 9

Dislikes the tendency to rigidly stick to set moral rules, contrary to the loving thing to do.
“Strictly upholding the sanctity of life would lead to a situation contrary to the Christian message of hope”

Question 10

J.S Mill

Answer 10

-thinks that the only person who has claim over an individuals body id the individual
“over our own bodies and minds, we are sovereign”-Mill.

Question 11

Kevin Smith

Answer 11

• Thinks that is ethically wrong to bring religion into a tragic human situation
• “we should not put idle threats of supernatural damnation into a tragic situation”

Question 12

Dr Jack Kevorkian

Answer 12

• Thinks that the patient must have the last say over what happens to them.
• The most important thing in ethics is “autonomy”