Using direct means to intentionally prematurely end another person’s life.
passive euthanasia
Withholding medical treatment, food and hydration in order to intentionally prematurely end another person’s life.
voluntary euthanasia
Intentionally prematurely ending another person’s life because they ask you to.
non-voluntary euthanasia
Intentionally prematurely ending another person’s life without their express consent because they are unable to consent (e.g. man in a coma).
involuntary euthanasia
Intentionally prematurely ending another person’s life without their express consent even though they are capable of consenting. (Also known as ‘murder’.)
assisted suicide
Giving someone the means to kill themselves because they ask for that kind of ‘help’
sanctity of life
This is the idea that all life (usually human life) is sacred and therefore deserving of protection.
double effect
This is the idea that a bad consequence of an action can be morally justified if it is ‘only’ a side-effect and not the means of achieving a good outcome.
Personhood
he property of being a person and consequently having individual human rights like any other person.
