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Rename article to “Human Euthanasia”

Latest comment: 11 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

This article should be renamed to “Human Euthanasia” to distinguish it from other forms of euthanasia; also to keep in style with Animal euthanasia. KraljLavova97 (talk) 03:19, 27 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

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Latest comment: 9 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

How is “not all deaths are painful” an argument against euthanasia? In fact, I think that it’s an argument in favor of euthanasia when deaths not causing pain is less harmful than deaths causing pain? WikiGrower1 (talk) 23:04, 20 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Definition Section

Latest comment: 16 days ago6 comments2 people in discussion

The "definition" section appears to be a borderline debate/ethics section. Skyeteam (talk) 16:41, 9 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

The definition comes from ethics, so maybe that is the source of your concern? - Bilby (talk) 13:01, 10 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

Yes, but that should be in the ethics section, and the definition section should just have the most recent definition and it's reasoning/authors. Skyeteam (talk) 13:16, 13 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

As far as I know, there is no single most recent definition in the literature. - Bilby (talk) 20:47, 13 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

Interesting....I guess we can't merely go with the most prominant definition either. Skyeteam (talk) 21:01, 16 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

There is a Collins Dictionary definition of it. That might work for a plain definition in addition to the ethics part of the definition section.

-Skyeteam (talk) 14:17, 19 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

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Rename article to “Human Euthanasia”

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