{"id":7009,"date":"2016-08-31T11:25:58","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T18:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7009"},"modified":"2023-01-22T15:48:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T23:48:47","slug":"why-are-religious-reasons-dismissed-euthanasia-basic-goods-and-gratuitous-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7009","title":{"rendered":"Why Are Religious Reasons Dismissed? Euthanasia, Basic Goods, and Gratuitous Evil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Stephen Napier<\/h4>\n\n\n
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Many proponents of euthanasia eschew appeals to religious premises as good reasons for thinking that human life has intrinsic worth. The reasons offered are that religious reasons do not meet some theory-neutral epistemic standard. My first argument is to show that pro-euthanasia arguments fail to meet those same standards. In order to avoid this incoherence, the rejection of religious reasons is a function of thinking that such reasons are simply false. Arguing against religious belief has typically fallen to the evidential argument from evil. My second argument is to show that the argument from evil must hold to a basic goods account of human life. Such an account is contrary to the view of human life held by most euthanasia proponents. So, euthanasia proponents who reject religious belief on the basis of an argument from evil must hold to a contradictory view of human worth. One cannot both be a euthanasia proponent and reject arguments against euthanasia (that are based in part on religious premises). I explore ways to resolve this tension, but none save pro-euthanasia arguments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Napier S.  Why Are Religious Reasons Dismissed? Euthanasia, Basic Goods, and Gratuitous Evil.<\/a> Christ Bioeth (2016) 22 (3): 276-300 doi:10.1093\/cb\/cbw012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stephen Napier AbstractMany proponents of euthanasia eschew appeals to religious premises as good reasons for thinking that human life has intrinsic worth. The reasons offered are that religious reasons do not meet some theory-neutral epistemic standard. My first argument is to show that pro-euthanasia arguments fail to meet those same standards. In order to avoid … Continue reading “Why Are Religious Reasons Dismissed? Euthanasia, Basic Goods, and Gratuitous Evil”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,2,552],"tags":[305],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-euthanasia","category-journal-article","category-religion","tag-stephen-napier"],"yoast_head":"\r\nWhy Are Religious Reasons Dismissed? 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