What is the difference between active and passive euthanasia?

The moral distinction between active and passive euthanasia, or between "killing" and "letting die". Is there a real difference? read more

One significant distinction between passive and active euthanasia is that passive euthanasia attempts to support and to gently guide the patient through what is otherwise the natural process of dying instead of actively initiating the dying process, whereas active euthanasia initiates the biological processes by which the patient will die. read more

The moral difference between killing and letting die. Many people make a moral distinction between active and passive euthanasia. They think that it is acceptable to withhold treatment and allow a patient to die, but that it is never acceptable to kill a patient by a deliberate act. Some medical people like this idea. read more

Active vs Passive Euthanasia Euthanasia can be literally translated as a good or true death. This means, setting in motion, events that would ultimately cause death of a person in the purpose of eliminating present or intended pain and suffering. read more