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.[1]

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.[2]

## See also

* Passive euthanasia
* Vacco v. Quill
* Right to die
* Do not resuscitate
* Trolley problem

## References

1. ↑ Thomson, Judith (1976) Killing, letting die and the trolley problem The Monist, 59: 204-17
2. ↑ 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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