James Rachels thesis is that euthanasia should be morally permissible. Rachels argues that euthanasia should be morally permissible on the grounds of mercy. Rachels then uses an example of a man suffering from a tumor in his stomach. There was nothing the doctors or nurses could do except give him painkillers and slowly watch him die. Rachel then makes a point that if he was a dog no one would even question putting the dog down. They would have put the dog out of its misery the very first day they knew it had a terminal illness. Rachel also uses the utilitarian view to support his thesis. The utilitarian view is that actions should be judge right or wrong when it causes happiness or misery. Rachels states that by using euthanasia the patient
