strategy
Exercising conscientious objection to causing death
Claim:
Absolute respect for every innocent human life also requires the exercise of conscientious objection in relation to procured abortion and euthanasia. "Causing death" can never be considered a form of medical treatment, even when the intention is solely to comply with the patient's request. Rather, it runs completely counter to the health- care profession, which is meant to be an impassioned and unflinching affirmation of life. Bio- medical research too, a field which promises great benefits for humanity, must always reject experimentation, research or applications which disregard the inviolable dignity of the human being, and thus cease to be at the service of people and become instead means which, under the guise of helping people, actually harm them. (Papal Encyclical, Evangelium Vitae, 25 March 1995). Broader:
Assuring expressed conscienceProviding for conscientious objectionForming consciences regarding value of human life Constrains:
EuthanasiaEuthanasiaChoosing violent death References:
Papal Encyclical: Evangelium Vitae: The Gospel of Life: On the Value and Inviolability of Human Life Subjects:
Life → DeathType Classification:
F: Exceptional strategies