| Assisted Suicide: Assisted Suicide refers to measures to support a seriously ill or dying person in their wish to end their life. It includes active euthanasia, assisted suicide and passive euthanasia. Passive euthanasia means discontinuing or omitting life-prolonging measures in order to allow the natural dying process to take place. The ethical and legal assessment varies worldwide and depends on cultural, religious and social values. See also death, dying, life, ethics, morality._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. |
