Velleman believes that the option of euthanasia may harm some patients. What does he think is the most significant way in which this might happen?
A) by burdening a patient with having to justify his or her continued existence
B) by eliminating the patient's capacity for self-determination
C) by eliminating a patient's opportunities for self-determination
D) by tempting a patient to undergo a painful procedure
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Q25: According to Velleman, who, if anyone, should
Q26: Velleman believes that euthanasia can be justified
Q27: Velleman worries that, by offering a patient
Q28: Velleman worries that the word dignity is
Q29: One way to value a patient's autonomy
Q31: By definition, euthanasia involves actively intervening to
Q32: Kant argued that suicide is morally wrong
Q33: According to an ethic of prima facie
Q34: Intentionally taking human life is always wrong
Q35: James Rachels argues that the active/passive euthanasia
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