Keown John
Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University.
Issues Law Med. 2018 Spring;33(1):55-81.
In 2016 a Parliamentary Committee in Victoria, Australia, recommended the legalization of physician-assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia. Its report was deeply flawed. Its treatment of key objections to legalization, both principled and practical, was superficial and selective. The Voluntary Assisted Dying Act, passed by the Victorian Parliament in November 2017, is built on the report's shaky foundations.
2016年，澳大利亚维多利亚州的一个议会委员会建议将医生协助自杀和自愿安乐死合法化。其报告存在严重缺陷。它对合法化的主要反对意见，无论是原则性的还是实践性的，处理都很肤浅且有选择性。维多利亚州议会于2017年11月通过的《自愿协助死亡法案》就是建立在该报告摇摇欲坠的基础之上。
