Chapter
Doctors Must not Kill (IN: Euthanasia: the Good of the Patient, the Good of Society, ed. by R I Misbin)
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In this chapter, the author argues physicians should not kill, directly or indirectly, even out of compassion for 3 reasons. First, the moral arguments favouring euthanasia are logically inadequate. Second, killing by physicians seriously distorts the healing relationship. Third, the grave social consequences of such killing are morally prohibitive. (35 refs.)