Letting die explained

In non-consequentialist ethical thought, there is a moral distinction between killing and letting die. Whereas killing involves intervention, letting die involves withholding care.^{[1] [2]}

Also in medical ethics there is a moral distinction between euthanasia and letting die. Legally, patients often have a right to reject life-sustaining care, in areas that do not permit euthanasia.^[3]

See also

• Passive euthanasia
• Vacco v. Quill
• Right to die
• Do not resuscitate
• Trolley problem

Further reading

• Bennett Jonathan (1993), 'Negation and abstention: two theories of allowing' in B. Steinbock and A. Norcross (eds.), Killing and Letting Die, pp. 230-56, New York: Fordham University Press.

Notes and References

1. Thomson . Judith Jarvis . Judith Jarvis Thomson . The Hegeler Institute . 1976 . Sugden . Sherwood J. B. . Killing, Letting Die, and the Trolley Problem . Monist . de . 59 . 2 . 204–217 . 10.5840/monist197659224 . 11662247 . 0026-9662.
2. Foot . Philippa . Philippa Foot . 1967 . The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of the Double Effect . Oxford Review . 5 . 5–15.
3. http://www.aafp.org/afp/2000/1001/p1555.html aafp.org