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Week5
2. According to Rachels, why isn’t killing necessarily worse than letting die?
3. Is ending a patient’s life by turning off a respirator, a case of killing or letting die?
* Readings
* James Rachels: ‘Active and Passive Euthanasia’ iShare?
* Campbell, R and Collinson, D: ‘Killing and Letting Die’ iShare?
* Daniel Callahan: ‘When Self-Determination Runs Amok’
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Week6
3. What is Singer’s principle of ‘marginal utility’? How might such a principle be defended?
4. Do you agree with Singer’s principle of ‘marginal utility’? Consider the implications for your own life. Could you accept it? Is it morally justified? Why/why not? If you think not, what
* Readings?
* Peter Singer, ‘Famine, Affluence and Morality’. iShare?
* John Kekes ‘On the supposed obligation to relieve famine’

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