What does Beauchamp identify as the “wrong” in cases when killing a person is wrong?
Is Beauchamp more concerned with the morality of individual cases of euthanasia, or are his arguments intended to support a policy on legalization?
- What is the difference between killing and letting die, according to Beauchamp? What is the “redefinition” he wants to resist? Do you agree with him?
- Explain the point of Beauchamp’s example of Mr. Policeman & Mr. Mafia. Do you agree with him?
- What is Beauchamp asserting about the difference between a “valid refusal” and a “valid authorization?”
- On which points does Beauchamp agree with Bernat, Gert, & Mogielnicki? On which does he disagree? With whom do you agree? Does Beauchamp think that a physician is responsible for the outcome only when they honor a patient’s request, or also when they refuse them? What is his reasoning for this?
- What does Beauchamp identify as the “wrong” in cases when killing a person is wrong?
- Under what circumstances does Beauchamp think one can make the strongest case for euthanasia? What example does he use to illustrate this?
- Why does Beauchamp suggest there is both something right and wrong about “slippery slope” arguments? What example does he offer as at least partially addressing these concerns?