Euthanasia In Kant's Categorical Imperative

Euthanasia has been an issue in the humane society. Since then, this manner has been practiced by some people that wanted to end life without suffering and being painlessly killed. The moral dilemma that is present nowadays has contributed great issues in the society. The goal of this term paper is to deliberate opinion of both individual and social standards. Some people are in contradiction to this method for it violates one’s belief, ethical and legal aspects of a society. The overarching emphasis of this paper is the predominant theory of Immanuel Kant in his Categorical Imperative which will converge the notions of both ethical and religious aspects that abides his moral theory. It aims to explicate the ethical and moral decision that must be understood by an individual. Furthermore, ideas of Kant concerning the rights of a human will also be thoroughly converse, as emphasizing Kant’s objectives and standards.
Keywords: Euthanasia, Moral Dilemma, Issue, Ethical, Legal

I. Introduction Immanuel Kant’s philosophy of the human focuses and emphasizes on the dignity and self-worth of a social being. As humans are given the gift of free-will and freedom to choose, humans will be the one who holds their fate and the one’s who’ll make their own destiny. One of the most influential and well-known philosopher in the history of …show more content…
For Kant, one essential characteristic of morality is that it is a duty to action, an unconditional, categorical imperative to act. An imperative is said to be either hypothetical or categorical. Kant writes, "If now the action is good only as a means to something else, then the imperative is hypothetical; if it is conceived as good in itself and consequently as being necessarily the principle of a will which of itself conforms to reason, then it is categorical . . . ." We must act or follow accordingly as what the imperative requires us, to fulfill responsibilities in accordance to the