Assisted suicide
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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"If you wish to understand the essential nature of murder, you do not begin with a discussion of something complicated or emotionally loaded, such as assisted suicide or abortion or capital punishment. Assisted suicide may or may not be murder, but determining whether such disputed cases are murder requires first that we are clear on the nature and logic of indisputable cases; we move from the uncontroversial center to the disputed remote territories. The same principle holds in aesthetic theory." --The Art Instinct, p. 50 |
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Assisted suicide is the process by which an individual, who may otherwise be incapable, is provided with the means (drugs or equipment) to commit suicide. In some cases, the terms aid in dying or death with dignity are preferred. These terms are often used to draw a distinction from suicide; in some legal jurisdictions, "suicide" (whether assisted or not) remains illegal, while "aid in dying" is permitted. [requires citation]
The term euthanasia refers to an act that ends a life in a painless manner, performed by someone other than the patient. This may include witholding common treatments resulting in death, removal of the patient from life support, or the use of lethal substances or forces to end the life of the patient.
See also
- Betty and George Coumbias
- Bioethics
- Consensual homicide
- Euthanasia device
- Jack Kevorkian
- Right to Die? (2008 film)
- Brittany Maynard
- Philip Nitschke
- Senicide
- You don't know Jack (2010, film)
- Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 (Victoria)
