Nancy B and Nancy F.
In this article I provide a virtuous slippery slope argument which shows that there is no morally significant difference between passive and active euthanasia. At the top of the slope is an example of passive euthanasia; at the bottom, an example of active euthanasia. For each pair of cases down the slope there is nothing that sensibly makes a morally significant difference between the pair of cases. Thus, there is no morally significant difference between passive euthanasia and active euthanasia.
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Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z1, Canada. lburkhdl@interchange.wbc.ca
D004989:Ethics; D028601:Euthanasia, Active; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive; D006801:Humans; D035761:Wedge Argument