In this article that Raclels wrote he is arguing that in certain situations active euthanasia may be morally preferable then passive euthanasia. He also explains that there shouldn’t be any moral weight put between the legal distinction that is already set between active and passive euthanasia. He claims that the moral justification for euthanasia rests on circumstances and intentions.
He first argues that when a doctor with holds treatment, it would be ok due to t fact that the patient is suffering and in terrible pain, and is going to die it would not be right to prolong the patients suffering needlessly. Rachel argues that if the doctor was to withhold treatment that it may take longer for the patient to die, and that the patient m
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