The notion of “killing”: causality, intention, and motivation in active and passive euthanasia

As a new approach to the still unsettled problem of a morally significant difference between active and passive euthanasia, the meanings of the notion of killing are distinguished on the levels of causality, intention, and motivation. This distinction allows a thorough analysis and refutation of arg...

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Main Author: Fuchs, Thomas (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: October 1998
In: Medicine, health care and philosophy
Year: 1998, Volume: 1, Issue: 3, Pages: 245-253
ISSN:1572-8633
DOI:10.1023/A:1009932207955
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009932207955
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