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  • Title: The theologic ethics of euthanasia.
    Author: Vaux KL.
    Journal: Hastings Cent Rep; 1989; 19(1):S19-22. PubMed ID: 11650121.
    Abstract:
    The implications of a system of theological ethics are explored in relation to passive euthanasia, "double effect euthanasia," and active euthanasia. A religio-moral ethos anchored in beliefs of radical ethical freedom; the sacred origin and destiny of the human soul; persistent sin; and the drama of suffering, death, and transfiguration as a paradigm for difficult choices condones passive euthanasia and counsels the compassionate offer of relief from pain, even with the "double-edged intention" that the analgesia might end the patient's life. Active euthanasia must be proscribed in principle, but the technological advances that have postponed death also create the need for greater physician participation in offering a point of release in the barricade against death that we have erected.
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