Letting die

Short description: Withholding care

In non-consequentialist ethical thought, there is a moral distinction between killing and letting die. Whereas killing involves intervention, letting die involves withholding care (for example, in passive euthanasia),[1][2] or other forms of inaction (such as in the Trolley problem).

Also in medical ethics there is a moral distinction between euthanasia and letting die. Legally, patients often have a right to reject life-sustaining care, in areas that do not permit euthanasia.[3]

## See also

* Vacco v. Quill
* Right to die
* Do not resuscitate
* Rudy Linares case

## References

1. ↑ Thomson, Judith Jarvis; The Hegeler Institute (1976). Sugden, Sherwood J. B.. ed. "Killing, Letting Die, and the Trolley Problem" (in de). Monist 59 (2): 204–217. doi:10.5840/monist197659224. ISSN 0026-9662. PMID 11662247. https://academic.oup.com/monist/article-lookup/doi/10.5840/monist197659224.
2. ↑ Foot, Philippa (1967). "The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of the Double Effect". Oxford Review 5: 5–15.
3. ↑ aafp.org

## Further reading

* Bennett Jonathan (1993), 'Negation and abstention: two theories of allowing' in B. Steinbock and A. Norcross (eds.), Killing and Letting Die, pp. 230-56, New York: Fordham University Press.

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