title: [Omission and Withdrawal of Vital Care. ¿Killing or Letting Die? An Approach From the Moral and Legal Criteria of Action Tipification].
abstract: This work aims at two objectives. Firstly, at identifying the basic criterions that underlie the conceptual distinction between letting die, on the one hand, and killing by omitting or withdrawing vital care (VCO), on the other. Secondly, at identifying the reasonableness conditions of public interference on the decision either to reject or to withdraw vital care. Based upon a theory of action inspired in the works of John Finnis, Martin Rhonheimer and Elisabeth Anscombe, it is argued that the moral criteria of typification and individuation of VCO is analogous but not identical to the corresponding legal criteria. Assuming this distinction, I suggest a three steps reasonableness test for public interference on the decision to omit or withdraw vital care.
authors.affiliation: Conicet-Universidad Austral / Universidad de Navarra Av. Mariano Acosta s/n., Derqui, Prov. de Buenos Aires, Argentina pzambrano@ius.austral.edu.ar.
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zambrano
mesh_terms: D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D009014:Morals; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*