Harris J
J Med Ethics. 1981 Sep;7(3):117-24. doi: 10.1136/jme.7.3.117.
This paper examines some of the arguments advanced and acted upon by doctors concerned in decisions about whether severely handicapped patients should live or die. It criticises the view that 'selective treatment' is morally preferable to infanticide and shows how the standard arguments advanced for this preference fail to sustain it. It argues that the self-deception, which is sometimes cited as a sign of humanity in these cases, and which is implicit in the term 'selective treatment' is more dangerous than is the remote chance of brutalisation which is often cited as the danger of active euthanasia.
本文审视了一些医生在决定重度残疾患者应该生存还是死亡时所提出并付诸行动的观点。它批判了“选择性治疗”在道德上优于杀婴的观点，并指出支持这种偏好的标准论据是站不住脚的。它认为，在这些情况下有时被视为人性标志且隐含在“选择性治疗”一词中的自我欺骗，比常被视为主动安乐死危险的那种遥远的残忍化可能性更为危险。
