In the article The Right to Die, Patrick Nowell-Smith addresses the moral issue of euthanasia. The objectives of his argument is to further the cause for the legalisation of euthanasia in the Canadian context. He builds his argument logically in two areas: a discussion of the distinction between active (killing) and passive (letting die) euthanasia; and an exploration of the moral and practical arguments against and in favour of euthanasia.