Shortcomings and inadequacies of autonomy argument for euthanasia

Patient autonomy has a critical role in making decisions in medical practice and it is accepted by international conventions on health care and various national medical codes. However, pertaining to terminally ill patients, this right becomes very problematic in regards to end of life decisions. Uti...

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Main Author:	Malik, Mohammad Manzoor
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Bangladesh Bioethics Society (BBS) 2014
Subjects:	BJ1725 Ethics of social groups, classes, etc. Professional ethics
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spelling	iium-375462018-06-19T03:53:06Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/37546/ Shortcomings and inadequacies of autonomy argument for euthanasia Malik, Mohammad Manzoor BJ1725 Ethics of social groups, classes, etc. Professional ethics Patient autonomy has a critical role in making decisions in medical practice and it is accepted by international conventions on health care and various national medical codes. However, pertaining to terminally ill patients, this right becomes very problematic in regards to end of life decisions. Utilitarian ethicists motivated by materialistic worldview and individualism have made patient autonomy based arguments for the permissibility of active euthanasia. An appraisal of pro-euthanasia arguments that include the best interest, golden rule, and autonomy is made in this paper. The best interest and golden rule arguments are based on subjective moral judgment thus failing the universalization test. The argument from autonomy is unconvincing because of the confounded autonomy of the terminally ill patients. Bangladesh Bioethics Society (BBS) 2014-08-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/37546/1/19620-70182-1-PB.pdf Malik, Mohammad Manzoor (2014) Shortcomings and inadequacies of autonomy argument for euthanasia. Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics, 5 (2). pp. 61-67. ISSN 2078-1458 (O), 2226-9231 (P) http://banglajol.info/index.php/BIOETHICS/article/view/19620 10.3329/bioethics.v5i2.19620
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description	Patient autonomy has a critical role in making decisions in medical practice and it is accepted by international conventions on health care and various national medical codes. However, pertaining to terminally ill patients, this right becomes very problematic in regards to end of life decisions. Utilitarian ethicists motivated by materialistic worldview and individualism have made patient autonomy based arguments for the permissibility of active euthanasia. An appraisal of pro-euthanasia arguments that include the best interest, golden rule, and autonomy is made in this paper. The best interest and golden rule arguments are based on subjective moral judgment thus failing the universalization test. The argument from autonomy is unconvincing because of the confounded autonomy of the terminally ill patients.
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title	Shortcomings and inadequacies of autonomy argument for euthanasia
title_short	Shortcomings and inadequacies of autonomy argument for euthanasia
title_full	Shortcomings and inadequacies of autonomy argument for euthanasia
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title_full_unstemmed	Shortcomings and inadequacies of autonomy argument for euthanasia
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publisher	Bangladesh Bioethics Society (BBS)
publishDate	2014
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