Abstract：
Previous research suggests that people, especially religious people, are more opposed to active euthanasia, such as a lethal injection, than to passive euthanasia, such as withdrawing life support. The current research proposes a possible explanation for this finding-that active euthanasia is viewed as interfering with the natural course of life and death, but passive euthanasia is viewed as allowing it to take place. Two studies yielded results consistent with this hypothesis and found that how people think about the natural course of life and death substantially explained the greater opposition to active euthanasia among more religious people.
摘要：
以前的研究表明，人们，尤其是宗教人士,更反对积极安乐死，比如致命注射，而不是被动安乐死，比如撤回生命支持。目前的研究为这一发现提出了一个可能的解释——主动安乐死被视为干扰生命和死亡的自然过程，但被动安乐死被视为允许发生。两项研究得出的结果与这一假设一致，发现人们如何看待生死的自然过程，在很大程度上解释了更多宗教人士对积极安乐死的更大反对。
