Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Critique of "To Be or Not to Be"

Jeanna's essay is pretty well written. She mentions the viewpoints that a skeptic would take and counters them as well. The paragraph on Kate Adamson should mention that she was in an extended coma not PVS because skeptics could say the husband could have used active euthanasia and she wouldn't be alive today. Can also expand that the husband didn't even want passive euthanasia let alone push for active because he was pushing for his wife to be put back on life support. There really isn't a big cost aspect from the skeptics view. Can mention that it actually costs less to actively euthanize a PVS patient after a year (or however long the deadline is made) than to keep them alive in the hospital, both out of pocket or from insurance. Possible counter proposals from skeptics would be that if people have the choice of active euthanasia, a lot more people would be "killed" when they could have had a chance to get out and live. Should also put in information for all the guidelines that would be needed to put active euthanasia in action.

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