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TOPIC:
EUTHANASIA: ITS LEGAL, ETHICAL & MORAL ASPECT.
Name of Student: Sania Noor
ID Number of Student:
Assignment Number: 01
Due Date: 07th May, 2016.
Name of Tutor: R/Sir Mr. Asmatullah Kakar
EUTHANASIA: ITS LEGAL, ETHICAL & MORAL ASPECT.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
S.No. CONTENTS PAGE NO.
01. Abstract 04
02. Introduction: Basic concept of Euthanasia 05
03. Derivation 05
04. Definition 05
- According to Historian Suetonius
- According to Francis Bacon:
- According to Marvin Kohl (1974) Book the
Morality of Killing
- According to Oxford Dictionary
- According to Kohl Marvin and Paul Kurtz
- According to MediLexicon’s Medical Dictionary
- Combined Collective/ General Definition
05. Historical Background of Euthanasia 06
- Hippocrates (CA. 460 BC-CA. 370 BC):
- English Common Law
- Thomas More (1478-1535:
- Swiss Legislation
- After World War-I:
- In Australia
- In United Kingdom
- In United States of America
06. Classification of Euthanasia 07
- Voluntary Euthanasia
- Involuntary Euthanasia
07. Modes of carrying out Euthanasia 08
- Active Euthanasia
- Passive Euthanasia
08. Countries/States where Euthanasia is Legal 08
09. Legal, Ethical& Moral aspects of Euthanasia 08
10. Legal Aspects of Euthanasia 09
11. Moral and Ethical aspect of Euthanasia 09
- Baby Therasa Case
12. Conclusion 09
13. References 10
ABSTRACT:
The word Euthanasia has been derived from two Greek terms “Eu” means True and “Thanatos” means death. So, it is basically a combination of two Greek words making a term “Good Death” denoting thereby the practice which results in finishing one’s life in order to provide him relief from the pain or suffering. Or it may be defined as the practice of ending a life prematurely in order to end pain and suffering. “It is a practice also known as assisted suicide, Physician-assisted suicide(dying), doctor-assisted dying (suicide), and more loosely termed mercy killing, means to take a deliberate action with the express intention of ending a life to relieve intractable(persistent, unstoppable) suffering”[1].