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Moral & Ethical Concerns Regarding Euthanasia

and voluntarily request it. The word euthanasia, says Humphry (2000), comes from the Greek - ôeu,ö meaning ôgood,ö and ôthanatos,ö meaning ôdeath.ö It literally means ôgood death,ö though the word and the act have acquired a more complex meaning in modern times. Many in the Western, Judeo-Christian world reject euthanasia on moral groups, contending that it is a ôwrongfulö act under almost any conceivable set of circumstances (Michigan Catholic Conference, 2000; Sulmasy, 2000). Consequently, having attributed a wrong character to the act of euthanasia, it becomes ethically inappropriate, improper, and ôwrongö to allow it to be practiced.

This brief discussion should identify the distinction between the morality - or the inherent rightness or wrongfulness of an act - and ethics - the set of standards or codes of practice that proceed from definitions and determinations of wrongfulness and rightness. If the medical profession, the laws of the nation, and the opinion of the people in a specific culture or society all combine to define an act as immoral, then ethical codes would require individuals and organizations to refrain from such a practice. In the case of euthanasia, say Baird and Rosen

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