Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 11 July 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying

Developing a Legal Framework for Assisted Dying: Discussion

Photo of Rónán MullenRónán Mullen (Independent)
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Professor Madden is saying that in the end, the ethical considerations must give way to the law and whatever the law is. Am I right in thinking that what she is saying is that doctors' perception of what is ethical may have to give way? Surely we must determine what is ethical and come to some kind of consensus on it before we can determine what is or should be lawful. To be blunt, is that not what Nuremberg was all about?