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Why euthanasia slippery slopes can’t be prevented

Margaret Somerville logically and articulately argues that when it comes to euthanasia, “logical and practical slippery slopes are unavoidable and inevitable.” The initial “conjunctive justification compromised of respect for individual autonomy and the relief of suffering” is gradually supplanted by an appeal to either justification on its own which opens the way for non-voluntary and involuntary euthanasia.

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