Positing a difference between acts and omissions: the principle of justice, Rachels’ cases and moral weakness
The difficulty in discovering a difference between killing and letting die has led many philosophers to deny the distinction. This paper seeks to develop an argument defending the distinction between killing and letting die. In relation to Rachels’ cases, the argument is that (a) even accepting that...
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BMJ Publ.
2009
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2009, Volume: 35, Issue: 5, Pages: 293-299 |
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