3.4 is it ever right to kill

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3.4 Is it ever right to kill?

Learning objectives

you can explain what euthanasia is

you can explain what assisted suicide is

you can understand reasons of other people for and against

you can formulate your own reasons

you can analyse why murder can be seen as compassion

a friend administering an overdose of drugs to end a patients life, at their request, is

1. assisted suicide
2. murder
3. euthanasia
4. self deliverance

a doctor administering an overdose of drugs to end a patients life, at their request, is

1. assisted suicide
2. murder
3. euthanasia
4. mercy killing

a doctor administering an overdose of drugs to end a patients life, without their request, is

1. assisted suicide
2. murder
3. euthanasia
4. mercy killing

providing powerful drugs to someone who wants to end their own life is

1. assisted suicide
2. murder
3. euthanasia
4. self-deliverance

what is not illegal (in Britain)?

1. assisted suicide
2. suicide attempt
3. euthanasia
4. manslaughter

for what reason do 'murder' definitions apply to euthanasia?

Discuss the reasons on p.72 with your neighbour. Come up with an argument to support and to challenge every one of them

Read A true story p.72

watch the 5 quotes. Which quote matches best with the story and why?

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group work

prepare a parliament bill that should decide when/how/who etc. is to be prosecuted and who isn't when putting an end to someone else's life. Judges have to implement your bill; murderers have to be discouraged by it, so be very specific!