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i Read the text berow and answer ALL the questions that forow.Eutltanasia is the practice of kirtino A narnn.- t^ .. ,betow wriuen tyoliii"irro::'l:"' :::#j:J",j": s3

.ttim rrom pai, or suffering rhe afticteParliament) to leglalise ui,uri]ui""'* in Britain eiil hriio,s{t ,'"'i" presented toWe don,t need doctors to speed us to our graves| "Eutnrnl:ju",, from the Grlek,,rlreans ,,good d:"tI.., rn ancient times, doctorslii i *ljl,,'JJ";# ffiil*, _yn

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oath,,suggest "r"t, "orn"ut,i"iol'Ye

no deadlv medicin.i t" l"v""uli ""1*0, no,attJi,s onll fgr. *ii"an,.,r"td

Joffe's B;ll repudiates Hippocr;;;r. io o. sure, it s

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tl Inde"O, ,:lu,central principle is.,,autonomy,,. As Lord Joffe puts it: ,,Competent 10ii.lll r;it:ifl.::tiliiiil- to n'"r.u"iu"ll", on rheir o,vn rives, whiche,se_,i:llgi,'u;;;i#:,""?:Tii:,::;*ttilJ,*"il".1,""T..*,il#il1

places ereilr, nuu .,.ormous

power in the- n:lg, ; il ffilrr, *r,", init!,*llo,"s of themake ,h"n9tulY to "satisfv hi1,setf, ,r,"iirr" r"ri*l

i: qinin "ni-,J""oroerent to 1bpsvchorogi:F":llf"tr:?,.'Jl.Hi."""$:X1".-",t,ii!".;;;]"ethicisrsor

srev area,.or .course. rt is ieqar in erit"i,;ii"ffi:il? $:: ,r::',",":i[:il*intention of rerievins pri", i"yrr" k";;,;;;;,iliiir"n

acrion wi, hasien dearh.lll But Lord Jofe,s.Bill crosses a deep, rf narrow, fis - -

dcctors to give t*"tt"tt *"1 'nu

intenticn of ":i':1i? our ethics' for it allows 20

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, thesetwoprincipres'i;il;r,:;:r::r:" considered, And in i"nu"'iornEinauon or 2slV lnitially, before. it was watered down for politicai

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rhe Biil ailowed notwh v n oti rr tp' * r r," ;ff :".",,::: :"r";-ffilli:,:':o ",ir, " """, iI l' too n n,ibe availabru to p.iiuni;;;""i;"0":;:"'in:,::Tt:,^l1,l"ri"nG, ilr,i'.io,ro it notcommit suicide,'ther."r""."r \i?cause

they are o"l1v::d r",. ir.1*.") cannot 30who (becau:: lh."v.i" iri""t.,oe€ci'

r"hy should itnot be ";";;"lt t'J patientsin fact, should it O" [.tri""a,]: or senite, cr in a coya),.unno,,JJ^"roi,,,

Wf,r,to receive rrerp, to oie"e" *iu"=;" patrents" at att - rnv l-'orli-;;;;;" to be i,stop criminals killing them"utu.ould

pr'sons for ex1,mptu, ."t u !rin* "no*. ,,right to decide "*r.,Jn'u"nj"ffisi su'ely tltey are ""utonomo*;,"",-*,th the 35betreroffwithoutthemi,v vvv they shourc die,,? And ;";io# ;Jil"nity, nu

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stages,,, including euthanasia l:l^y:r"n:, o"o?1:,and those not termrnaily rli

He is quite right. The n-iiir:, togically aiO piu"ti"atfy incomplete. As professor 40

John Keown of Georg"to*n_uiiu"riitv, ;il";:" *ritten a criticar study of the,""J3"?lt."avs' "the ri-tiiuiiont in ftre riiir ,"Jr ri*,ru more than uroitrurv rines in

vr ilffi :1: ?":"0ff:"i:i,;15 ;1fte a prescription for a rethar drus so, courdbution on t," tV drip? s (sorry, patient's) tongue,

";H;p";H press the 4svrr ;:t"":il$i{,:t,#iltfi ii liY;J,:"[iJii.and painrur, and the remptationshows rhat in armosr on'.in;,1," ";;#";" ai!ffi J,'ii*,,J,,?il*r*!,lrrT::#s up admin;r;l;s a iethar i"i""ti#oecause of the-comprications 50

jvilr lt gets w:rse'

Fu.u'v year in Holland, where the raw ailows euthanasia on irequest, ri,,"iuo"',:fT,t"li::.rHijlT,'"".%fm*li;;ry,T*:[T.,:"n:1

]accordinq to an officiat rrom tne.orln 'n".ri'n?,n,r,rr, 250 peopre ,,who courd 55

have made a request bri;id ^"t,.

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rx Lord Joffe's Biil, for ail its uncou,bt:g .,orpassion, revears a diminished idea ofthe 'rarue of humanitv- rn" io". r^"rili i;ili;""pre shourd ai" *ir-., ,,dign*y,,- as if the dignity of a ilil

. consists in selenity, in his. health and his

"happiness"- r-oro'.lone .";it,is wroig"t"r rJ,Tnr"rJ pgopru]",:il",, minority 60;:i:::il-to "impose r*r"iir n:r_-rr:;"'^""i".u""?,,"rru, His Bir!, he says, ,,does

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X Let us not say so, for fear wrpromir:ent voices in liolland e run aii the way from s, rthanasia to eugenics.

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"f" "* 6 sto make clear, in writing, iitn"v;";;,i",it,-urth"nusia.

The batance ofassumptions is shifting' soon. .ii. wltl u"""*" acmirante for ord fork, rikedisgraced Roman gunui"r", iJ rid the ;;; ;'i;",i.,*uru". by heacring ofr to thestate euthanasia service rorl turrurui#; n;lrieo,, oepariuru.-orr,upproach

70to animal life is ruthtettry oultinian. we nr*"i r"Lctivery, and cuii the ord ancjHxlll; yri#'J[I i'p'o*l;i il; ffff;:fffarticurar individuars but the

Xt But we are different: the value of human life lies not its utility, in the use orhappil;s5s it bri'gs to- t#"lnoividuai or'Io'?.i.tv. Humin beings a,c 7sintrinsicary var*abri, irturp"ltiuu of ,:eir o;" ;tr*;ths or attituties.

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Does Professor Keown support or oppose the Bill?

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what does the author impry by the foilowing statement?'The doctor becomes God.,(line 17)

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to be handed to everyone

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lomOetent adutts should have thetheir own lives rtght to niake decisions on

|J""J"^ do not have the righilo decide that a paticnt is better off

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ls the author's argument complete? Explain your answer and give evidence fronr the articre

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ffiffitr!?"o"Yotfrttrd Joffe s views on euthanasia? Give your own concrusion and exprain

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