Reading questions for 4/15

Please note, you do NOT need to answer these here. Answer them for yourself as you read and save the answers–you will need them for the exams!

Brock, D W. 1992. “Voluntary Active Euthanasia.”

  • Explain how Brock uses the illustration involving the greedy son to argue that doctors are already permitted to kill their patients.

Nesbitt, Winston. 1995. “Is killing no worse than letting die?

  • According to Nesbitt, what is the correct reason for thinking killing is morally worse than letting die?

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