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ASSIGNMENT: Pleas answer the short answer question below that pertain to Chapter 9 of the text as well as the material linked:
1) Kastenbaum states that the legal system and our society in general have been more tolerant of the “letting go” approach of passive euthanasia. Based on what you’ve read in this chapter, give several reasons why we are more tolerant of passive euthanasia, and give several reasons why we are intolerant and uncomfortable with active euthanasia.
2) Compare and contrast the cases of Karen Ann Quinlan and Nancy Cruzan.
3) Summarize the differences in the procedure leading up to Nancy Cruzan’s death and the death of a 64-year-old woman in Scranton, Pennsylvania. What are Kastenbaum’s concerns regarding the differences? What are some other factors involved when considering right-to-die differences?
4) Summarize the standards Dr. Kevorkian set up for assisted suicide and his later actions, which violated those standards.
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