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Dying, Aid for the
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1. Concept The phrase “aid for the dying” variously conveys (1) simply being there for them, (2) care and medical measures to make dying easier, and (3) refraining from medical measures to keep the dying alive. From all these forms of passive aid we must theoretically distinguish active aid in the form of hastening death (i.e., so-called assisted suicide; see 3 below), which ethically and legally counts as homicide, whether on request or not. The meaning of the phrase “aid for the dying” overlaps with that of “euthanasia” but pertains only to the d…
