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…recommended his approach as a systematic alternative to principlism. I judge Gert's theory to be seriously incomplete and, in contrast to principlism, unable to generate coherent conclusions about cases of active euthanasia and paternalism…

…, however, leads straight to conclusions that Mill himself would never have endorsed. For one thing, since death precludes any future exercise of freedom, voluntary euthanasia and suicide would have to be regarded as impermissible. Smoking, drinking, eating junk…

…in dying, aided by health-care providers. Opponents of assisted-death object that physician participation in assisting people to die violates the basic moral obligations of physicians to do no harm. The debate about the desirability of legalizing euthanasia…

…question for those in health care who are involved in end-of-life care. As stated in an article by Zehnder and Royse (1999), “The National Hospice Organization does not support the legalization of voluntary euthanasia or assisted suicide in the care…

…precisely, since its very vagueness lent it more readily to terrorism. It was directed at will against whatever groups those in power wished to destroy and applied with ever-increasing radicality, beginning with the sterilization and euthanasia programmes…

…and biological weapons, terrorism, war, crime, taxation, government debt, population size, birth control, environment, euthanasia, thoughtful suicide, and research to prolong the life span. If humanity's continued thriving is your core value, then the needs…