Physician Assisted Suicide Summary

The scholarly article “Predicting Moral Sentiment Towards Physician-Assisted Suicide: The Role of Religion, Conservatism, Authoritarianism, and Big Five Personality” by Maria Bulmer, Jan R. Bohnke, and Gary J. Lewis is credible because they are all expertises in psychology. The main purpose for the article was to discuss the issues in regards to physician-assisted suicide. The authors conducted a study to see the differences individuals have in concerns with morality towards physician-assisted suicide. Individuals that responded had results that showed strong opinions for physician-assisted suicide based on religion and other factors such as authoritarianism, political ideology, personality, and demographics. The article included a table that
and U.S. Law” by Stephen Hoffman is credible because he practices law in Minnesota where he also received his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School and his LL.M. from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. Hoffman’s purpose for the article is to explain the controversial and complex issues of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Hoffman explains the difference and similarity between euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide as well as classifying the different types such as ‘voluntary’ and ‘nonvoluntary.’ He states the difference between active and passive euthanasia which plays a role for a physician’s duty in a patient’s death. He also explains what medical doctrine of double effect is. Then he explains the common law necessity defense and a physician’s conflicting duties that deal with euthanasia. Later in the article, he explains the legal doctrines of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in European countries such as the United Kingdom, Switzerland and The Netherlands and states in North America such as Oregon, Washington, and
Weikart has also written The Death of Humanity: And the Case for Life which discusses ideologies that have contributed to the decline of the Judeo-Christian sanctity-of-life ethic. Weikart’s purpose of the article is to inform the audience about the science sanction euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. In the article, Weikart talks about Ernst Haeckel, a biologist, and his idea to kill infants with disabilities. Haeckel’s reasoning of his idea was because he was afraid that the disabled would weaken the process of evolving for humans and insisted that Darwinism is crucial. He decides that euthanasia would be beneficial to help his process and relates it to Germany and Hitler’s proposal. The article also talks about we should use our technology to benefit