Infant euthanasia is morally unacceptable

Unnecessary uncertainty is unacceptable.

When is amniocentesis morally licit?

Drowning is not euthanasia

Historically, there has been considerable discussion within the nuisance wildlife control and trapping communities as to whether drowning is a humane method for killing animals. The issue received more attention in 1993, when the American Veterinary Medical Association's Panel on Euthanasia reaffirmed its position that drowning is an unacceptable method (Andrews et al. 1993). For this article, ...

What is Morally Right With Insider Trading

Insider trading per se is obtaining information from non-public sources—private acquaintances, friends, colleagues—and using it for purposes of enhancing one's financial advantage. As Vincent Barry explains, “Insider dealings refers to the ability of key employees to profit from knowledge or information that has not yet become public.” Sometimes such a practice can be conducted fraudulently, as...

Euthanasia is not medical treatment.

INTRODUCTION OR BACKGROUND The public assumes that if euthanasia and assisted suicide were to be legalized they would be carried out by physicians. SOURCES OF DATA In furthering critical analysis, we supplement the discourse in the ethics and palliative care literature with that from medical education and evolving jurisprudence. AREAS OF AGREEMENT Both proponents and opponents agree that th...