In "Killing and Allowing to Die,"" Daniel Callahan, a professor at the Harvard Medical School and the founder of The Hastings Center for Bioethical Research, argues that, while there are certain ambiguities that can make it difficult to see the differences between active and passive euthanasia, there is a basic distinction between killing and allowing to die that has metaphysical, moral, and medical implications. ... In cases where a baby has been born with both Down's Syndrome and some other easily treatable condition, he argues, doctors and parents often refuse to treat the secondar...

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