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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
Parliament) to leglalise eiil hriio,s{t ,'"'i" presented rhe afticte
ui,uri]ui""'* in Britain to
We don,t need doctors
to speed us to our
graves
| "Eutnrnl:ju",, from
the Grlek,,rlreans ,,good
d:"tI.., rn ancient times, doctors
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includes the vorJ, 'i",,i;1:";f'otion: doctors mLst gnry rrear."
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no deadlv medicin.i t" oath,,
suggest
"r"t, "orn"ut,i"iol'Ye Joffe's B;ll repudiates l"v""uli
attJi,s onll fgr. *ii"an,.,r"td Hippocr;;;r. io ""1*0, no,
'::li;!:ii",i;Hffi o. sure, it s
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pushins a outto,ii
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E;*il;'jJf"rr::r,ffil,il?^H:,:",:::. ou *n" patient
tl Inde"O, ,:lu,central principle
is.,,autonomy,,. As
Lord Joffe puts it: ,,Competent
to n'"r.u"iu"ll", on
ii.lll r;it:ifl.::tiliiiil-
e,se_,i:llgi,'u;;;i#:,""?:Tii:,::;*ttilJ,*"il".1,""T..*,il#il1
rheir o,vn rives, which 10
places er
to
power
eilr, nuu .,.ormous "satisfvin the- n:lg, ; il
hi1,setf, ,r,"iirr"
ffilrr, *r,", init!,*llo,"s of
make ,h"n9tulY r"ri*l qinin the
psvchorogi:F":llf"tr:?,.'Jl.Hi."""$:X1".-",t,ii!".;;;]"ethicisrsorto
i: "ni-,J""oroerent 1b
srev area,.or
.course. rt is ieqar in
intention of rerievins
pri", i"yrr"
erit"i,;ii"ffi:il? $:: ,r::',",":i[:il*
k";;,;;;;,iliiir"n acrion wi,
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lll But Lord Jofe,s.Bill
crosses a deep, rf
hasien dearh.
--
t
dcctors to give t*"tt"tt *"1
narrow, fis our ethics' for it allows 20
intenticn of .'1,
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in i"nu"'iornEinauon
or 2s
lV lnitially, before. it
was watered down
onry ,,setf_administeredi;,i_i"_iju"i,;,::Tj::l:,^i","."ns,
for politicai I
rhe Biil ailowed
wh v n oti rr tp' * r r," ;ff :".",,::: :"r";-ffilli:,:':o
be availabru to p.iiuni;;;""i;"0":;:"'in:,::Tt:,^l1,l"ri"nG, " """,
not
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commit suicide,'ther."r""."r they are o"l1v::d it not
i?cause r",. ir.1*.") cannot
who (becau:: r"hy should itnot 30
iri""t.,oe€ci' be t'J patients
in fact, should lh."v.i" ";";;"lt
or senite, cr in a coya),.unno,,JJ^"roi,,,
it O" [.tri""a,]: patrents"
Wf,r,
to receive rrerp, to oie"e"
stop criminals killing
at att - rnv
*iu"=;" pr'sons for ex1,mptu, l-'orli-;;;;;" to be i,
them"utu.ould ."t u !rin*
right to decide "*r.,Jn'u"nj"ffisi su'ely tltey are ""utonomo*;,"",-*,th ,, "no*.the 35
betreroffwithoutthemi,v vvv they shourc die,,? And ;";io# ;Jil"nity, nu
V Lord Joffe admits
his Bill is ,,a first stage,
rrrbl staqe and ,,there
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stages,,, including euthanasia
He is quite right. The n-iiir:, l:l^y:r"n:, o"o?1:,and those not termrnaily
togically aiO piu"ti"atfy rli
John Keown of Georg"to*n_uiiu"riitv, incomplete. As professor
"the ri-tiiuiiont ;il";:" *ritten a criticar study of 40
,""J3"?lt."avs' ,"Jr
in ftre riiir ri*,ru more than uroitrurv
the
rines in
vr
ilffi on t," tV drip? s (sorry,apatient's) tongue,a rethar drus so, courd
bution
:1: ?":"0ff:"i:i,;15 ;1fte prescription for
press
";H;p";H the 4s
vrr
;:t"":il$i{,:t,#iltfi ii liY;J,:"[iJii.and painrur, and the remptation
shows rhat in armosr on'.in;,1,"
";;#";" ai!ffi J,'ii*,,J,,?il*r*!
,lrrT::#s admin;r;l;s a iethar i"i""ti#oecause of the-comprications 50
up
vilr lt gets w:rse'
Fu.u'v year in Holland, where the raw j
request, r ailows euthanasia on
i,,"iuo"',:fT,t"li::.rHijlT,'"".%fm*li;;ry,T*:[T.,:"n:1 i
accordinq to an officiat ]
rrom
have made a request bri;id
tne.orlnr 'n".ri'n?,n,r,rr,
" " rrsc,,r.r r' 250 peopre ,,who courd
55
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rx Lord Joffe's Biil, for ail
its uncou,bt:g .,orpassion,
the 'rarue of humanitv- revears a diminished
-as if the dignity of a
rn" io". r^"rili idea of
i;ili;""pre shourd ai" *ir-., ,,dign*y,,
"happiness"- r-oro'.lone
ilil
consists in selenity, in
his. health
.";it,is wroig"t"r rJ,Tnr"rJ pgopru]",:il",, and his
.
"impose r*r"iir n:r_-rr:;"'^""i".u""?,,"rru, minority 60
;:i:::il-too His
anything on anybodv: 'i-ri""provioes Bir!, he says,
,,does
opiion,,. 'mpose ;;i;r"""cj-of-rife
X Let us not say so,
promir:ent voices for fear wre run aii the way from s, rthanasia to eugenics.
in liolland
ha nded ro uuu ryo ne who,""
"1.1,"ri:;;,::li ,nt,:% : ?".ilTjjffffi
6 s
to make clear, in writing, iitn"v;";;,i",it,-urth"nusia.
assumptions is shifting'
disgraced Roman gunui"r",
soon. The
wltl u"""*" acmirante for batance of
"f" "*
state euthanasia service
iJ rid.ii. ;;; ;'i;",i.,*uru". by
the ord fork, rike
heacring ofr to
rorl turrurui#; n;lrieo,, oepariuru.-orr,upproach
the
to animal life is ruthtettry
oultinian. we nr*"i r"Lctivery, and cuii the ord 70
yri#'J[I i'p'o*l;i il; ffff;:fffarticurar ancj
Hxlll; individuars but the
Xt But we are different: the
value of human
happil;s5s it bri'gs to- t#"lnoividuai life lies not its utility, in the use or
intrinsicary var*abri, irturp"ltiuu or'Io'?.i.tv. Humin beings a,c
of ,:eir o;" ;tr*;ths or 7s
attituties.
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QUESTTON 1
What is the writer,s
argument?
QUESTION 2
(2 marks)
List two types
of Sunr,.rrt ni'an A.. rr writer
given by the
u*"rpru'ffi#n',Htln to strengthen his
argument. Give one
a) Type ofsupport:
Example:
b) Tipe of support: -
Example:
QUESTION 3 (4 marks)
Does Professor
Keown support or oppose
the Bill?
QUESTION 4
(1 nrark)
what does the author
impry by the foilowing
statement?
'The doctor
becomes God.,(line
17)
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QUESTION 5
What can you infrr
from the following
stalernent?
'Prominent voices
ir
*no ru'uii;:"r!]:(i;I"k1fitf now carri:-.g ror an ,,end-or-rire piu,, to be handed to everyone
QUESTION 6 (2 marks)
Complete the table
based on the foiiowing
i1de9d, the centrat
?_:,,o* extract.
orincip[";""l,"i,,i
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Type of reasoning
lomOetent adutts should have the rtght to niake
their own lives decisions on
Evidence 2
do not have the righilo
|J""J"^ decide that a paticnt
is better off
Conclusion
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QUESTION 7
ls the author's argument
complete? Explain your answer
and give evidence fronr the
articre
(4 marks)
QUESTION 8
Joffe s views on euthanasia?
ffiffitr!?"o"Yotfrttrd Give your own concrusion
and exprain
(3 marks)
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