: doesn't mean that there is no difference
: between the intention to relieve suffering,
: knowing that one of the possible outcomes is
: death, and the intention to simply cause
: death.
I didn't suggest there was 'no difference', John.
: Of course there are different
: "views". It is a question of
: whether one's view is ethical. Not all
: "views" are equally moral. One's
: "view" should be the decision of a
: well-informed conscience.
And it's hard to imagine a worse time to have a conversation about ethics when your loved one is suffering and dying, and there are others in the family who can't understand why anyone would want to 'prolong the suffering'.
For some, the reality of a dying loved-one is the most difficult ethical dilemma they will have to face.
For example, one person will experience treatment as 'burdensome and futile' and another will cling on to any hope.
: This is the same argument often used to
: justify abortion - so long as the expectant
: mother "agonises" over the
: decision, it is OK for her to go ahead and
: have her baby killed.
Could be.
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