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Annotated Bibliography Thomson, Judith Jarvis. “Physician‐Assisted Suicide: Two Moral Arguments.” Ethics
, vol. 109, no. 3, The University of Chicago Press, 1999, pp. 497–518, JSTOR
, doi:10.1086/233919.
During her life, Judith Jarvis Thomson was an esteemed philosopher and professor emerita of philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This journal published by the University of
Chicago Press in 1999 takes a dive into the ethics of assisted suicide. I am using this journal in my essay as I will be touching on not only the legality of assisted suicide, but the morality of such a matter. This issue is substantially based in emotion and opinion of death, specifically chosen death. In her article, Thomson reveals both sides of the argument for assisted suicide. She
can examine the two sides in four separate sections. Having both sides of the argument lead my essay in a direction where I am able to convey the side of the opposed, while also being able to have a structure for the argument of which the paper is asserting. Gutierrez-Castillo, Alejandro, et al. “Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Systematic Review of Medical Students’ Attitudes in the Last 10 Years.” Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine
, vol. 13, no. 22, Dec. 2020, pp. 1-13. Academic Search Complete, doi:10.18502/jmehm.v13i22.4864. This journal done by several researchers and lead by researcher and resident physician Alejandro
Gutierrez-Castillo at Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education in Mexico is researched gathered on several countries’ physician’s view on assisted suicide. Since assisted suicide is legalized in very few states in the United States, I chose to seek information on countries where this act is legalized in some form. Some of the countries in this journal are
Belgium and Canada, where assisted suicide in some forms is legal. Whereas other countries researched such as Mexico, Germany, Poland, and others have deemed assisted suicide illegal. Having this information from several countries with differing legalities can give further insight in structuring my argument. This journal examines the religious, moral, ethical, and financial struggles that cements an opinion of the legalization of assisted suicide. Having insight of other region’s view on the topic is helpful due to the fact I reside in the United States and only have my own bias world view. Benson, John M. “Trends: End-of-Life Issues.”
The Public Opinion Quarterly
, vol. 63, no. 2, 1999, pp. 263–77, JSTOR
, doi:10.1086/297716.
John M. Benson is the current managing director of the Harvard Opinion Research Program and senior research scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. In his research he analyzes the public opinion on the varying forms of assisted suicide. Often, “assisted suicide” is thought of only as physician assisted suicide, such as Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s cases. However, other forms such as foregoing life sustaining treatment, voluntary active euthanasia, and the prescription of pain reducing drugs fall under the assisted suicide umbrella. Public opinion of this matter is relevant in the wider conversation of assisted suicide. The legality of assisted suicide is going to be decided by public opinion as citizens cast their votes for elected officials, who decide whether such laws are enacted or not. This is the reason as to why this article will be used in my essay, as the public opinion on any matter is the most influential opinion. This article touches on the “right to life” movement which also influences the opinion of assisted suicide.
Brock, Dan W. “A Critique of Three Objections to Physician‐Assisted Suicide.” Ethics
, vol. 109,
no. 3, The University of Chicago Press, 1999, pp. 519–47. JSTOR
, doi:10.1086/233920.
Dan W. Brock was a philosopher, bioethicist, and professor emeritus at Harvard University and Brown University. In his essay, Brock lists three arguments against assisted suicide and refutes them. He focuses on the right to bodily autonomy, the ethics of physician involvement, and the intention of the act being committed. Brock speaks on the United States Supreme Court decision to reverse prior ruling that assisted suicide is unconstitutional and have now left the decision up to individual states. Touching on Oregon, he highlights the regulations that are required to have an assisted suicide in the state, such as requiring the person to be a terminally ill adult who is informed thoroughly on their decision. Employing this information, I can divulge the argument for assisted suicide under the appropriate circumstances, such as the case in Oregon and other regions where assisted suicide is legal. Dworkin, Gerald. “Sex, Suicide, and Doctors.” Ethics
, vol. 109, no. 3, The University of Chicago
Press, 1999, pp. 579–85., JSTOR
, doi:10.1086/233922.
Gerald Dworkin was distinguished professor of philosophy emeritus at the University of California. Dworkin has been highly regarded for his essay “Sex, Suicide, and Doctors” for his defense of assisted suicide. He speaks on the important factor of consent, believing if a patient chooses to refuse treatment or wishes for assisted suicide, they should be granted as such. This essay highlights the significant aspect of the verbiage of “suicide” in the terminology of assisted suicide. Ultimately, after an informed patient consents to ending their own life by means of euthanasia or barbiturates, it is a suicidal choice that the patient is making. In this path, the doctor is simply providing the drugs and information to give a person the opportunity to make
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their own choice in dying. This work is imperative to my own essay as the argument of personal choice and consent of people who are choosing this route is the foundation for the argument for assisted suicide legalization. Dimmock, Mark and Andrew Fisher. “Euthanasia.” Ethics for A-Level
, Open Book Publishers, 2017, pp. 123–41, JSTOR
, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1wc7r6j.11.
Mark Dimmock is a philosophy teacher at Torquay Boys' Grammar School.
Andrew Fisher is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Nottingham. Together, they wrote a book diving into ethics and the role of morality in society. In their chapter on euthanasia, the authors speak on the profound nature of the topics of assisted suicide and euthanasia. An important part of this book’s chapter talks about the depression and quality of life that affects patients with terminal illness. This work poses both sides of the argument, must like many of the other works I
have included. I believe this is important to divulge both sides of an argument to be able to sternly decide on what side one aligns themselves with. The conversation brought forth on the permissible nature of “allowing versus doing” is one that will be discussed in my argument as well.