Ethical Dilemmas: The Moral And Ethical Dilemma Of Euthanasia

Euthanasia is a practice that when a patient is suffering from a pain that is insufferable (I.e. incurable disease or irreversible coma), it is decided that the best option for the patient is to kill them, painlessly. It 's an example of constitutional right, as it 's a moral decision in exercising a person 's right to the pursuit of happiness and the choice in deciding whether to live or die.This practice is most commonly illegal in most countries. But that 's beside the point, the point is that Euthanasia is just another moral and ethical dilemma that humans have to resolve. The fact really is that everyone sees things differently, especially in regards to euthanasia. There are also many different ways to loot at it, such as from an ethical viewpoint of consequentialist, deontological, or even virtue ethics. Someone once said that reality can be so complex that equally valid

In a way its also a utilitarian way of looking at it. It really doesn’t matter according to this viewpoint, the moral or ethical dilemma but it is concerned with the satisfaction to the greatest good (or utility). So when deciding whether to assist in euthanasia, in a consequential viewpoint, it would be the right thing to do as long as it 's an outcome that applies to the largest amount of happiness. Thus it would mean that euthanasia would be justified, as if the patient 's greatest amount of happiness is to die, than it is okay. This ethical viewpoint, personally, I think would not work with this moral decision. Because, let 's say that the disabled or people in a vegetative state may be at risk, because "if euthanasia is legalized, opponents believe. Bioethicists believe that people such as these place a strain on limited resources, do not qualify as 'persons, ' and should be eliminated for the greater good" (Ethical Key Issues - Euthanasia.