Anyone, the socially unproductive, the socially unwanted, will be considered useless; will kill off our own species, our morals. It is a way of mocking human life, turning ourselves into God, deciding who is fit to live and die”. Simply speaking, the legalization of assisted death is an act of legitimizing suicide and an inherent consent for killing. In addition there is a huge drawback, which people would start abusing this law and start committing murders
Two months ago, my father died after a long period suffering from metastatic cancer of the liver. I tearfully watched my father crying and praying to die because of the atrocity of the pain. Once the holistic hospice care took over, he came to value whatever life was left to him. My father’s judgment was definitely impaired by the pain in a sense that he would never have thought of suicide or asking to die. Therefore, I agree with euthanasia protestors.
Mill believed it was extremely important that an indivduals free will should not be crushed by society. Mill believed indivduality is what it is to be human and anything that takes away your indivuduality is wrong. Mill state in his book On Liberty “Whatever crushes indivduality is despotism.” Despostism is the idea of dictatorship so Mill is saying that anything that stops our indivduality for example religion is controlling us and not allowing us to be free, which is wrong. Althought we are free we must consider others, this means that we can use our freedom however we must make sure we are not spoiling the freedom of others. This is supported by Paul Kurtz who states humans have the right “to satisfy their tastes” but however they shold not “impose their values on others.” For example you may want to murder someone with your free will however if you go ahead and commit the crime you are negatively effecting others in society and this is wrong.
They include having many failures, not having any close friends, and the loss of his younger brother Allie. Since his many failures at school, Holden has been in a downward spiral that will eventually lead to his mental break down. Not being able to talk to any close friends makes Holden’s depression much worse. Holden thinks that he should be dead instead of his brother Allie which does not help with his depression. If Holden’s parents had let him go to a school near his apartment he might have been able to establish a few long term relationships.
There is no other place to find completely undifferentiated cells than in an undeveloped human. Unfortunately, a developing human needs those cells and the process of removing them kills the unborn child. This results in an abortion being performed whenever stem cells are obtained. This has caused a protest from pro-life activists. The moral argument is that scientists are killing fetuses to improve the medical condition of living patients.
Robert Jones Dr. Wilson Maina Ethics in Contemporary Society 19 February 2013 In a sense, everyone has different perspectives on the euthanasia topic. “Euthanasia is killing someone for the sake of mercy to relieve great suffering.” (148). The question looms, to what extent is killing someone for the relief of great suffering extend to? Whether society is ever going to pick a side or agree both ways has to unrealistic. The discussion if this topic is ethical or unethical is debated upon.
Each situation and each person must be assessed on their own merits (Thiroux, 2004, p. 42). Since we cannot look at each client individually to determine whether or not Dr. Smith’s confidentiality policy is morally justifiable (it may be for one client, but not for another), we cannot properly answer this question using act-based utilitarianism. Rule-based utilitarianism, on the other hand, changes the basic utilitarianism’s principle from “everyone should always act to bring about the greatest good (i.e., “happiness”) for all
By law manslaughter is a felony and should not be done. The physicians are at fault because they are giving the drug to the patient to drink. This is often confused with euthanasia, which the difference is the doctor administers the drug instead of the patient. From a biological standpoint a drug is administered to the patient to kill them. The drug given to them is known as a Barbiturate.
Last night on television I watched one of the most controversial documentaries I have ever seen. Peter Smedley with his wife as he prepares to leave the world in front of a national audience on T.V, to help influence the government to change the laws regarding assisted suicide. One of Peter’s close friends commented ‘He would have liked to die at home, in his bedroom.’ Legally, he couldn’t get help to die in England, he had to die in a foreign country. Peter Smedley suffered from Motor Neurone Disease where he would eventually end up suffocating. To avoid this, Peter chose to end his own life (with the assistance of Dignitas clinic) where he swallowed a fatal poison.
This could be regarded as the distribution of moral justice, choosing on which principle they are morally obliged to follow (Steinbock, 2007, p22). “When principles contingently conflict, no supreme principle is available in the four-principle approach to determine an overriding obligation. Therefore, discretionary judgment becomes an inescapable part of moral thinking in our approach” (Beauchamp, 2010, p44). The respect for autonomy obliges health care professionals to ensure patients understand all the information they require enabling them to make an informed choice. If patients have the understanding to make an informed choice then the professional must respect the autonomous choices they make (Childress, 1990).