Article news: Virginia Miller - Euthanasia and faith-based aged-care organisations

Congratulations to Virginia Miller, who co-authored an article with Seamas Miller titled 'Euthanasia and faith-based aged-care organisations: The right not to kill?' in Church, Communication and Culture.

Abstract

In this paper we focus on an important specific issue which has not received serious attention in the scholarly literature on euthanasia, namely, that of the coercive imposition (by way of sanction-backed regulations) of the practice of voluntary active euthanasia (in particular) on faith-based, aged-care organizations. In Section 1 we outline the relevant conceptual background drawing on existing literature. In Section 2, we consider two conflicting ethical standpoints on voluntary active euthanasia. In Section 3 we outline the nature and extent of the push to impose the practice of voluntary active euthanasia on Catholic-run aged-care organizations. In Section 4 we argue that the argument for coercively imposing the practice of voluntary active euthanasia on faith-based, aged-care organizations, is not well made, especially in the context of liberal democracies committed to pluralism.

Seumas Miller & Virginia Miller (2023) Euthanasia and faith-based aged-care
organisations: The right not to kill?, Church, Communication and Culture, 8:2, 248-266, DOI:
10.1080/23753234.2023.2249513

Read the article here: https://doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2023.2249513