{"id":13643,"date":"2017-06-15T19:24:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T02:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13643"},"modified":"2023-01-23T21:48:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T05:48:40","slug":"moral-disengagement-mechanisms-propelling-the-euthanasia-pas-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13643","title":{"rendered":"Moral Disengagement-Mechanisms Propelling the Euthanasia\/PAS Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fabian Stahle<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"205\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/jethicsmentalhealth.jpg\" alt=\"Journal of Ethics in Mental Health\" class=\"wp-image-15187\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Journal of Ethics in Mental Health<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>The international movement that promotes the legalisation of euthanasia\/physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is propelled by highly potent psychological mechanisms to overcome the resistance to its agenda. It is all about cognitive restructuring to justify inhumane actions. These are always in use when normal, well-socialised persons are coerced into accepting and participating in the killing of fellow human beings. Various scientific studies, pioneered by Albert Bandura, have shown that participators are able to endure their deeds by activating these powerful mechanisms of moral disengagement. However, those who make use of such mechanisms pay a high price. These mechanisms have a personality-changing power that dehumanizes the perpetrators. For the society that has allowed itself to be manipulated by such mechanisms for the purpose of systematizing &#8220;death on demand&#8221;, there are also serious consequences. These consequences can be described in terms of dehumanization and brutalization of that society as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Stahle F. <a href=\"https:\/\/jemh.ca\/issues\/v9\/documents\/JEMH%20article%20Stahle%20final%20proof%20-%20copy-edited.pdf\">Moral Disengagement-Mechanisms Propelling the Euthanasia\/PAS Movement<\/a>. J Ethics Ment Health. 2017;10 (1-15) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fabian Stahle AbstractThe international movement that promotes the legalisation of euthanasia\/physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is propelled by highly potent psychological mechanisms to overcome the resistance to its agenda. It is all about cognitive restructuring to justify inhumane actions. 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