Argumentative Paper
In order for any argument to dependable, reading from the book and fully understanding the content, judgment should me reviewed. How should we view the morality of euthanasia from an extreme/act utilitarian perspective? If extreme/act utilitarianism is correct, is euthanasia morally permissible? Morally obligatory?
First, The point of view that we should see euthanasia from an extreme utilitarian perspective, is that extreme utilitarian is based on certain types of rules. The rules consist of that you cannot lie to anybody, and that you cannot break any promises to anybody. We should view euthanasia as a positive perspective, because helping and working with people with their problems in life would greatly impact their spiritual life.
In some cases it’s very hard to decide whether the extreme utilitarianism would always agree with euthanasia. When a person is under the critical stage of euthanasia that person wants to die, but at the same time doesn’t. The decision-making is very hard, and it is up to the patient or the patient’s family to come to an agreement. If I were in this situation I would decide that the patient dies a slow un-painful death.
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Russ Shafer-Landau stated that “He first consider a utilitarian argument on behalf of active euthanasia”. In a case of a person who is very ill both extreme utilitarianism and euthanasia try to find the best way for the patient to feel more happiness rather than being in a world of pain. In the past medication wasn’t very helpful to people who were in a very critical situations. In a situation for example lets say a little child is in a very serious condition of leukemia cancer, the child is treated with modern medication. It may reduce the spread of cancer, and may reduce
In order for any argument to dependable, reading from the book and fully understanding the content, judgment should me reviewed. How should we view the morality of euthanasia from an extreme/act utilitarian perspective? If extreme/act utilitarianism is correct, is euthanasia morally permissible? Morally obligatory?
First, The point of view that we should see euthanasia from an extreme utilitarian perspective, is that extreme utilitarian is based on certain types of rules. The rules consist of that you cannot lie to anybody, and that you cannot break any promises to anybody. We should view euthanasia as a positive perspective, because helping and working with people with their problems in life would greatly impact their spiritual life.
In some cases it’s very hard to decide whether the extreme utilitarianism would always agree with euthanasia. When a person is under the critical stage of euthanasia that person wants to die, but at the same time doesn’t. The decision-making is very hard, and it is up to the patient or the patient’s family to come to an agreement. If I were in this situation I would decide that the patient dies a slow un-painful death.
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Russ Shafer-Landau stated that “He first consider a utilitarian argument on behalf of active euthanasia”. In a case of a person who is very ill both extreme utilitarianism and euthanasia try to find the best way for the patient to feel more happiness rather than being in a world of pain. In the past medication wasn’t very helpful to people who were in a very critical situations. In a situation for example lets say a little child is in a very serious condition of leukemia cancer, the child is treated with modern medication. It may reduce the spread of cancer, and may reduce