Physician-Assisted Suicide is a piece by Clarence H Braddock III and Mark R. Tonelli that discusses the idea of physician assisted suicide and how it is different from euthanasia. It provides argument on both sides of the issue of assisted suicide. It deals a lot with the ethics of this situation and it also poses a few questions and answers like what does the medical profession think of PAS and what does the general public think of it. The article is from Washington Universities website on ethics which means they are concerned on the ethics of it and not a certain position so, it is objective. It overall will be a useful source.
Ertelt, Steven. "Poll Claims Americans Back Assisted Suicide, Votes and Others Say No." Life News. 2 Feb. 2006. 21 Oct. 2007
Poll Claims Americans Back Assisted Suicide, Votes and Others Say No is an article that provides some statistics on assisted suicide and euthanasia. It gives public opinion polls and also voting records of a few votes that have been held. It comes from Life News so it is probably aimed at those who are against Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia. The public opinion polls say that people are in favor of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia while the voting record is far from that.
Russell, Bruce. "Still a Live Issue." Philosophy and Public Affairs 7 (1978): 278-281. JSTOR. The University of South Carolina, Columbia. 20 Oct. 2007
Still a Live Issue is a piece by Bruce Russell in which he discuses the issue of passive euthanasia and active euthanasia. Later in this piece he discuses the difference between killing and letting die. Russell favors the idea that anyone that has a moral sense there shouldn’t be a difference. This is obviously a personal opinion and can be used to site information on the subject. Passive euthanasia is compared to letting die and active euthanasia is compared to killing. While I disagree it can be used to provide an alternative opinion.
Foot, Philippa. "Killing, Letting Die, and Euthanasia: a Reply to Holly Smith Goldman." Analysis 41 (1981): 159-160. JSTOR. The University of South Carolina, Columbia. 21 Oct. 2007
This short article, Letting Die, and Euthanasia: a Reply to Holly Smith Goldman refutes the idea that it is worse to kill someone than to let them die. The example Holly Smith uses is refuted then an example of her own is used. She also discuses the idea of involuntary euthanasia. This article can be used to defend the idea of its worse to kill someone than to let them die.
"Historic Euthanasia Court Cases." Massachusetts Citizens for Life. Massachusetts Citizens for Life. 21 Oct. 2007
This article provides a historical background for the many court cases that haven taken place involving active and passive euthanasia. One of the main points I can use from this souse is the idea of the right to die. This idea was that upheld in Bouvia versus Superior Court. Also the idea of going to active euthanasia is shown in the cases. I will use this article to show the laws and how the courts have dealt with the different issues.
Lowe, E.j. "Active and Passive Euthanasia." Royal Institute of Philosophy 55 (1980): 550-551. JSTOR. The University of South Carolina, Columbia. 10 Oct. 2007
This article discuses the moral sides to passive and active euthanasia. It talks about two men who either let there wife die or they killed them. The conclusion of the article talks about it is more often active euthanasia that appears more morally preferable. The article will be used to provide information about passive and active euthanasia in a way as to show the moral sides of both. Since it is from a psychological institute it can be used as an unbiased side to the issue.
Dixon, Nicholas. "On the Difference between Physician-Assisted Suicide and Active Euthanasia." The Hastings Center Report 28 (1998): 25-29. JSTOR. The University of South Carolina, Columbia. 19 Nov. 2007
This article argues that active euthanasia is more problematic morally than PAS. The author however acknowledges that the case for both are almost identical. He goes on to describe in detail the differences and similarities between the two. This will be beneficial to my paper because it help provide a definitional argument on PAS and active euthanasia.
White, Hillary. ""Right" to Be Dehydrated Key Right to Die Strategy." Life Site. 21 Sept. 2006. 20 Oct. 2007
This article discusses the idea of Right to Die. It says that only the patient should have the decision to sustain life or to end life. This article goes on to talk about how people change their opinions greatly when the wording is changed. This is a great article for my paper in that it discuses the effect of wording on people and also the idea of right to die is important for my paper.
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This short article, Letting Die, and Euthanasia: a Reply to Holly Smith Goldman refutes the idea that it is worse to kill someone than to let them die. The example Holly Smith uses is refuted then an example of her own is used. She also discuses the idea of involuntary euthanasia. This article can be used to defend the idea of its worse to kill someone than to let them die.
For the Philippa Foot citation, you should try to expand more on the content of what she says. Describe the analogy she uses with "A and B" and try to go a little deeper in describing her view of the issue. Its very confusing how in the first sentence you write that the article "refutes" that its worse to kill someone, but in the last sentence it says it "defends" the same thing.
From what it looks like, you have a great range in sources to use in your paper. I really like all the comparison sources that try to differentiate between killing and euthanasia. There also appears to be a good mix of pro and con sources for the paper, and I like the opinion polls and historic court cases document. If what you wrote in your annotations holds true, you should have a good range of quality, credible sources to use.
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