here there is good reason for it, independent of public policy in this regard. He believes euthanasia is right for people who are "severely and incurably ill, who face a future of pain and despair, and who wish to die" because these people will not have suffered a loss if they are killed (Marquis 189-198). Note, however, that he still refers to euthanasia as killing.
Marquis points out that it is accepted that it is wrong to kill babies and young children because it is presumed they have future value (Marquis 189-198). The wrongness of killing of babies and young children is not accounted for by Personhood theories, making it necessary to add ad hoc accounts to cover the wrongness of killing infants and young children. The theory of the wrongness of killing can b
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