Talk:Passive euthanasia

Merger proposal
In all honesty, I cannot see why Passive euthanasia was spun out in the first place. Five sentences in two paragraphs, from a single source, could all be easily kept in this article without any loss of information. I would myself support such a merger, based on the above. John Carter (talk) 16:35, 16 December 2009 (UTC)


 * My primary motive for creating a separate entry on passive euthanasia was that there was already a sub-division on voluntary euthanasia and involuntary euthanasia, which are ethical categories that are somewhat analoguous to the active/passive euthanasia dichotomy. ADM (talk) 16:37, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Letting die Merge propsoal
Could anybody explain me the difference between Letting die and Passive euthanasia? Geysirhead (talk) 07:04, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
 * That they are terms for similar events used by different communities of thought. I agree with your implication that a merge is warranted. As Passive euthanasia no longer exists as a stand-alone page, I imagine that you're arguing for a merge to Euthanasia. That seems reasonable for me, on the grounds of short text and context. Klbrain (talk) 11:23, 25 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Oppose - I think these are separate topics, Letting die encompasses more than just passive euthanasia, such as "letting five people get run over in the Trolley problem, so we shouldn't merge to a more specific topic. Psychastes (talk) 20:58, 22 May 2024 (UTC)