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Active and Passive Euthanasia James Rachels

Active and Passive Euthanasia by James Rachels (1975). Abstract The traditional distinction between Active and Passive Euthanasia requires critical analysis. The conventional doctrine is that there is such an important moral difference between the two that, although the latter is sometimes permissible, the former is always forbidden. This doctrine may be challenged for several reasons. First of all, Active Euthanasia is in many cases more humane than Passive Euthanasia . Secondly, the conventional doctrine leads to decisions concerning life and death on irrelevant grounds. Thirdly, the doctrine rests on a distinction between killing and letting die that itself has no moral importance.

preferable to passive euthanasia, rather than the reverse. To say otherwise is to endorse the option that leads to more suffering rather than less, and is ... grounds is another good reason why the doctrine should be rejected. ... inferred from Smith's …

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