The Ethical Reflection on the Euthanasia of the Badly Handicapped Newborn
- VernacularTitle:对“残婴安乐死”的伦理学审视
- Author:
Kun CUI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
euthanasia;
badly handicapped newborn;
teleology;
deontology;
necessary hurt
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
1994;0(06):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
In the ethical reflection on the euthanasia of the badly handicapped newborn, the teleological thoughtway is superior to deontology. The euthanasia of the badly handicapped newborn is moral on half of the newborn themselves in theory from the angle of teleology, at the same time, the deontology often objects to the euthanasia. But all our value analysis demonstrates that, as a specific moral instance, the "euthanasia of the badly handicapped newborn" is out of the valid extension of the deontology logical discursion. Therefore, we should regard the essentiality of the "euthanasia of the badly handicapped newborn" as a necessary hurt from the point of view of teleology
