blog writing #active and passive euthanasia

In this essay, I will focus on showing that James Rachels claims pertaining to the moral difference between active and passive euthanasia or causing one’s death is likely to be wrong. In validating this thesis, I begin with an overview of passive and active euthanasia, which will be supplemented by the AMA statement on it, followed by an outline of the argument presented by Rachels on the understanding of this statement. The AMA statement and Rachel’s argument about it will form the basis upon which I will argue that a morally relevant difference exist between actively and passively causing someone’s death, unlike the stance taken by Rachel.