Which of the Following Claims Does Rachels Believe to Be

question 58

Multiple Choice

Which of the following claims does Rachels believe to be illustrated by the cases of doctors who fail to perform simple life-saving operations on infants with Down's syndrome?

• A) The conventional doctrine on active and passive euthanasia leads doctors to make life-and-death decisions on irrelevant grounds.
• B) The conventional doctrine on active and passive euthanasia offers relevant guidance to doctors on the morality of life-and-death decisions.
• C) The conventional doctrine on active and passive euthanasia is correct in forbidding doctors to participate in active euthanasia in such cases.
• D) The conventional doctrine on active and passive euthanasia is incorrect in forbidding doctors to participate in active euthanasia in such cases.

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