1. What is the difference between moral and legal reasoning?
2. In a true legal argument, should legal reasoning or moral reasoning be used?
3. Mr. Trident is arguing that the hospital has violated his 14th Amendment right to due process. What part of the 14th Amendment is he referring to in his argument?
4. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health is a case studied in the right-to-die debate. What precedent did it help to establish?
5. How does the Cruzan case factor into Mr. Trident's argument?
6. Given the precedent established in the Cruzan case, how would you now have to decide the case if you were the judge?
7. What other U.S. Supreme Court cases deal with the right-to-die issue?