... ambiguities that can make it difficult to see the differences between active and passive euthanasia, there is a basic distinction between killing and allowing to die that has metaphysical, moral, and medical implications. The most important distinction that Callahan draws between killing and letting die is metaphysical "and therefore intensely philosophical "in nature. Human beings, he argues, become accustomed as ... - and "letting die."" Since both actions are intended to secure the death of an individual, the only relevant moral consideration is whether or not that death is morally ju...

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