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• W2616576142 abstract "This commentary is in response to David L. Perry's article Battlefield Euthanasia: Should Mercy-Killings Be Allowed? published in the Winter 2014-15 issue of Parameters (vol. 44, no. 4). Dr. David L. Perry's provocative article on the ethical viability of battlefield brings an ancient practice into the present day with startling clarity. One of the real strengths of Perry's analysis is the selection of exemplary case studies that are not detached and abstract, but concrete and, most of all, recent. It would be very easy to dismiss this topic as obtuse moral musings, but Perry has not given us that option. Instead, he directly demonstrates this is an issue for our times. Perry concludes decisions on battlefield remain, for the moment, a function for the adjudication of the military justice system. However, legality and ethicality are two different, if related, issues. imposition of lenient sentences on well-intentioned soldiers convicted of battlefield euthanasia may be the best we can hope for in the context of current social mores, but that is still, sadly, a pretty weak solution. Perry himself appears to realize that, but he may have a point, in this case: It may well be the best conclusion ends up also being a pretty weak solution. Real life is like that, sadly. Most ethicists would agree dealing out death is wrongful when it terminates an individual's potential to exercise agency. Clearly we can waive that standard when the individual's agency means the denial of agency to another person. Hence, we can argue in favor of self-defense--it is presumably okay to kill an individual who is trying to kill you. Euthanasia, however, might require a parallel rationale, that is, the individual killed has no agency left to exercise. That is the problem I think we face. Is an individual in pain truly competent to surrender his agency and beg for death? It may be he has a serious head injury. It may also be that he still has enough brain left to function. Is one soldier qualified to make that kind of determination on behalf of another, who is writhing in pain, and whose judgment may be unreliable? If pain is at the heart of the issue, which is the better course of action: the application of moral judgments, or the application of morphine injections? Perry mentions the inestimable James Rachels in his article. It was Rachels who also pointed out, The first thing is to get one's facts straight. (Elements of Moral Philosophy, 3rd ed., 17) Unfortunately, in such battlefield situations, truly straight facts are nigh impossible to find. Thus, Perry addresses a difficult issue, one made up of harrowing dilemmas made even more difficult by advances in medical technology that make it possible to remediate horrific wounds, damage once fatal a few decades ago, but now routinely fixed. Both the human body and the human spirit seem astonishingly resilient. It may seem justifiable to end unbearable suffering, but we need to be sure the unbearableness of the suffering is a verifiable fact, not merely a well-intentioned assumption. Author Replies David L. Perry I am very grateful to my friend, former colleague, and distinguished Marine officer G. K. Cunningham for his thoughtful comments on my article. I have no quarrel with most of the claims he makes, but a few points of clarification seem appropriate in response. …" @default.
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