Active Euthenasia – From A Kantian Perspective
Euthanasia is one of society's more widely debated moral issues of our time. Active euthanasia is; "Doing something, such as administering a lethal drug, or using other ways that will cause a person's death." In the other hand, Passive euthanasia is; "Stopping (or not starting) a treatment, that will make a person die, the condition of the person will cause his or her death." It seems that this one is not to debate, as much as the other one (active). I have chosen to look more closely at the issue of active euthanasia, and that it should not be considered ethical, by Kantian standards.
Those who support active euthanasia can argue that helping the ill to bring their own deaths, allowing them to determine the how and when, is not only a human act but also allows the person, who is "living to die," to maintain their dignity; this way, they will let them die in peace, rather than suffer to the end. Because if not, they think of themselves as a disgrace, to those they love. According to recent researches and surveys, many Canadians would agree to this, but my question is, have they taken a close look at the ethical debate? Those who are against active euthanasia would say not, and would argue that by participating in the practice of active euthanasia, they are "playing God," or perhaps, that they are not acting out of mercy, therefore, the act is nothing less than cold-blooded murder. Murder by the law is defined as; "The unlawful, premeditated killing of one human being by another." Euthanasia, in Canada, remains unlawful as of today, and the act of euthanasia is premeditated, whether for the purpose of mercy or not, euthanasia is, by definition, murder. According to Kantian perspective established by Kant the philosopher, and the Holy Bible, murder is both a sin and a crime, therefore we ought not participate in the practice of euthanasia, because it is murder, and it is the wrong thing to do.
The euthanasia debate raises many questions. Questions such as: who is the one benefited by the murder? Or should we allow family members to make a life-or-death decision over a loved one who may never have expressed a desire to die, simply because they could not say with words a will to live? If a person should be suffering with an illness of which there seems no hope of r...
... middle of paper ...
...sidered as ethical because it totally violates the will, the freedom of choice, and also the values of the ill person.
Barbara McKinnon, "Euthanasia," Ethics Theory and Contemporary Issues, second edition, p.126, 1998
Barbara McKinnon, "Euthanasia," Ethics Theory and Contemporary Issues, second edition, p.126, 1998
http://charlacon.infosel.com/000165/lomejor.htm TTI Market Explorers, Poll of 603 Adults in British Colombia, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, 1997
Clarendon Press, "Concise Oxford Dictionary", p. 895, 1995
. http://www.sagrado.edu/personal/lazaro/jlazaro.html Pieter Admiraal, "Euthanasia in the Netherlands - A Dutch Doctor's Perspective," (speech presented at the national convention of the Hemlock Society, Arlington VA, 1986)
http://www.vrweb.cl/mf/wwwboard/messages3/1131.html Brown, Henteleff, Barakat and Rowe, "Is It Normal for Terminally Ill Patients to Desire Death?," American Journal of Psychiatry,
Flora Johnson Skelly, "Don't Miss Depression, Physicians say," American Medical News, p. 28, 1992
Dahlgren, "Suicide and Life Threatening Behaviour," Attempted Suicides 35 Years Afterward, 1977
Wallerstein, M. & Western, B. 2000. Unions in Decline? What Has Changed and Why? Annual Review of Political Science. 3: 355-377.
There are several important ethical issues related to euthanasia. One is allowing people who are terminally ill and suffering the right to choose death. Should these people continue to suffer even though they really are ba...
Across the United States there has been a decline in union membership. Looking back as far to 1954 the union work force had peaked at 34.7% but has since been in decline. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the total number of union members fell by 400,000 in 2012 to 14.3 million even though the nation’s overall employment rose by 2.4 million (Greenhouse, 2013). In 2011 the percentage of union workers was 11.8% and in 2012 dropped to 11.3%, which is the lowest union membership has been since 1916. The percentage of private sector unions in 2012 was down to 6.6%, which left many labor specialists questioning whether private sector unions were sinking towards irrelevance (Greenhouse, 2013). What are the reasons for this decline? And what does this mean for the future of private sector unions? This essay will take a lot closer look at these two questions.
Members of organized labor and Unions sacrificed much in the strive for higher wages. Workers were paid very poorly and did not make enough money to fully support themselves and their families. For example in modern times, citizens in New York City hold protests to raise hourly wages to a minimum of fifteen dollars an hour. Throughout time Union and labor workers have been paid poorly. Document A clearly shows evidence that although efforts were made, hours and wages were not changing as they should of been. Although the impact to change hour and wages didn't Chanel as much, it does not mean a great deal of effort was not made.
After a lengthy literature review on the subject, Card and his colleagues argue that “As this discussion [literature review] makes clear, the impact of unions on the structure of relative wages depends on both which types of workers tend to be unionized and on how union relative wage impacts vary across different groups of workers (Card, Lemieux & Riddell, 7).” This means that the demographics of workers in unions and how union wages impact these varying groups is significant, includ...
Throughout the years females have undergone tremendous amounts of oppression. From our limited roles in society, to our confinements at home, we were seen nothing more than the lesser sex. Compared to males we were the inferior gender, in terms of knowledge, physicality, and stature. Now, one would ask why? What logical reason would make sense to explain this kind of thinking. Most feminists would argue it’s due to misogyny; the hatred of women. Looking through all of history, is it accurate enough to say that the oppression that females have undergone is the result of hatred. The answer that I would like to argue is no. I won’t exclude the idea that there may have been some hate, but to say the limited roles and
In this essay I’ll write about union membership, membership trends, the two types and levels, and the importance of unions. I’ll also discuss some of the negative sides of unionization in corporate America today.
In this essay, I will discuss whether euthanasia is morally permissible or not. Euthanasia is the intention of ending life due to inevitable pain and suffering. The word euthanasia comes from the Greek words “eu,” which means good, and “thanatosis, which means death. There are two types of euthanasia, active and passive. Active euthanasia is when medical professionals deliberately do something that causes the patient to die, such as giving lethal injections. Passive euthanasia is when a patient dies because the medical professionals do not do anything to keep them alive or they stop doing something that was keeping them alive. Some pros of euthanasia is the freedom to decide your destiny, ending the pain, and to die with dignity. Some cons
Smith, Cheryl. "Should Active Euthanasia Be Legalized: Yes." American Bar Association Journal April 1993. Rpt. in CQ Researcher 5.1 (1995): 409.
Rachels, Jame. "Active and Passive Euthanasia." New England Journal of Medicine 292 (1975): 78-80. Print.
Laws are the body of rules that are recognized as binding among folks of a community or state in order that they will be obligatory upon them and enforced on them by applicable sanctions are referred to as laws. Morals are beliefs and values which are shared by a society or a region of a society. These tell those who share them what's right or wrong. problems in identifying the ethical values of a society is that Some folks sometimes regard things as morally right or wrong that at over again or in another place are thought to be matters of taste or indeed to be matters of no importance at all.
... Association. 1998. “Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide.” Canadian Medical Association Board of Directors. Retrieved from http://www.cma.ca/index.php/ci_id/3214/la_id/1.htm on October 16th, 2010.
...nt that labor unions are beneficial to the American work force. Unions give workers strength in numbers. Together, workers can achieve what they want whether it better pay or more work hours. Unionized workers have better benefits that non-union workers, like job safety. Although there are unions fees that have to paid, the benefits are well worth it. From an employee standpoint, the decision to join a union or not should be an obvious one.
Mutual orientation is something of a process of convenience, and it reflects synergies at many different levels. Mutual orientation means that most technology stories are at their core the same story. It means that most technological endeavors have involved trying to outsource or rationalize different tasks.
Robert Matz; Daniel P. Sudmasy; Edward D. Pallegrino. "Euthanasia: Morals and Ethics." Archives of Internal Medicine 1999: p1815 Aug. 9, 1999 .