1. Two Views on Active and Passive Euthanasia
The first of these terms, "active euthanasia,"" refers to any action that directly contributes to the death of someone who is terminally ill or in great pain. ... Legally, the difference between active and passive euthanasia is the difference between "killing- and "allowing to die-; the first is punishable by the strictest penalties to be found in our legal system, while the second is not even a misdemeanor. ... Morally, he acknowledges that there are some cases where it is just as wrong to let some die as it is to kill them, but he insists that these occasional convergences do not make th...
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