As a conclusion, Widdershoven mentions that the entire Dutch experience can not only serve as a correction to arguments in favor of euthanasia, emphasizing either autonomy or beneficence. “It can also raise some doubts about arguments against euthanasia, as the slippery-slope argument.” (That is, if euthanasia were to be permitted, it would result in a downhill movement, with the physicians feeling forced to assist people asking for termination on the one hand, and may also lead to a situation wherein it becomes normal to kill people that are deemed no longer useful to
As a conclusion, Widdershoven mentions that the entire Dutch experience can not only serve as a correction to arguments in favor of euthanasia, emphasizing either autonomy or beneficence. “It can also raise some doubts about arguments against euthanasia, as the slippery-slope argument.” (That is, if euthanasia were to be permitted, it would result in a downhill movement, with the physicians feeling forced to assist people asking for termination on the one hand, and may also lead to a situation wherein it becomes normal to kill people that are deemed no longer useful to