Analysis Of Doctor Turns To Kevorkian

Doctor Turns To Kevorkian: Oak Brook Man’s Suicide Enters Right to Die Debate In the article, Doctor Turns to Kevorkian: Oak Brook Man’s Suicide Enters Right to Die Debate, Kiernan and Gottesman, (1993) tells the story of Dr. Ali Khalili and probes the merits of his decision to end his own life, and his choice of asking Dr. Jack Kevorkian to assist him.

The purpose of this paper is to consider and explain how the philosophical and ethical theories; cultural relativism, the American social contract, and utilitarianism would judge Dr. Khalili’s decision of suicide with Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s assistance. The mannerism in which Dr. Khalili approached to end his life seemed to be purposeful and decisive. He made a conscious and

Yet those who have the most power to change them are silent. The American promise seems to be fading out of the reach of the masses of participants and perhaps Americans no longer feel the benefits associated with the Social contract. And for those who have never felt the benefit, there simply was simply never a social contract. According to (2015) according to the social contract theory; “there are three vulnerable groups, nonhuman animals, future generations and oppressed populations,” (Dr. Khalili perhaps also understood that this applied to the helpless aged and dying). “The moral rules will let these individuals have no claim on the social contract, and could be treated in anyway whatsoever” (2015, p.102).This is said to be unacceptable, but it is clearly the American way. It appeared that Dr. Khalili consciously prepared for this initiative. The fact that Dr. Kevorkian’s was arrested was a judgment that the American social contract theory did not judge the actions of Dr. Khalili favorably. Yet, in the silence of death, Dr. Khalili spoke for those who could not speak for themselves, and perhaps, Dr. Khalili achieves some heroism status with his defiance of ultimate control over his life by a system that was unjust, because it has little regard for the vulnerable

If the circumstances of the case of Dr. Khalili are examined and judged by the utilitarianism approach it would not be a crime, in fact it would become legislation that one could chose to ends one’s on life with the assistance of a trusted medical professional to relieve the pain, suffering and unhappiness associated with an incurable illness, or any illness or painful situation that would reduce the quality of one’s life and cause pure unhappiness. This may in fact even mean ending any suffering, by personal choice when there is simply no hope of any happiness. Thus, this decision would have been judged proper according to the utilitarianism approach. Moreover, when the baby boomers begin to experience end of life issues, this may become a necessary solution to end the suffering when there is a shortage of caretakers of the