• Death studies · Jan 1989

    Moral dilemma: to kill or allow to die?

    • J J Cole.
    • Death Stud. 1989 Jan 1; 13 (4): 393-406.

    AbstractThe thesis of this paper is that while allowing a person to die with care can be morally justified in particular cases, the option of mercy killing can never be morally defended. There is a significant moral difference between these two concepts. Furthermore, the wedge argument, the medical fallibility argument, and the medical care and trust argument provide cogent and convincing reasons for maintaining a legal distinction between mercy killing and letting a person die.

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