title: Respect for the dead and dying.
abstract: Against the thesis that permanently unconscious persons cannot be harmed, and thus are not owed moral deference, it is argued that even the dead can be harmed and are owed moral respect, so a fortiori those dubiously or not quite dead deserve some moral deference.
mesh_terms: D001675:Bioethics; D003128:Coma; D003643:Death; D005065:Euthanasia; D028601:Euthanasia, Active; D006801:Humans; D028681:Moral Obligations; D028723:Personhood; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D026712:Value of Life; D028761:Withholding Treatment