Deontology is the method to ethics that centers on what is right and what is wrong with the actions committed by an individual instead of what is right or wrong of the consequences of those actions. Immanuel Kant did not believe in ending one’s own life or anyone else’s and criticized that it was morally wrong. Kant stated, “Act in such a way as to treat humanity, whether in your own person or in that of anyone else, always as an end and never as a mean” (Kant, 2008, p. 29). Mosser defined Kant’s deontological belief as “An act is good or right if it is done because it is the right thing to do, in accordance with a justified moral rule or rules” (Mosser, 2013, p. 12), as opposed to John Stuart Mill, who believed “An act (or rule) is good or right if it produces the greatest net good for the greatest number” (Mosser, 2013, p. 12). When you are faced with patient assisted suicide due to a diagnosis of an incredibly lengthy illness, Suicide is extremely unthinkable on the planet that we live in today. Christians see suicide as a marker of an absence of trust in God and a rejection of Christ's predisposed arrangement for us. Non-religious individuals view PAS and its outcomes appallingly. They accept that on the off chance that it is authorized individuals would have a serious absence of appreciation for all human life and a few patients would be talked into the PAS by their family and …show more content…
The Deontological theory concentrates on the obligation we have to ethical and moral law. With this law, we see that it is unethical and immoral to take a human life; however, in cases of terminal illness, we see that this theory would allow for a patient to make the decision to take their own life. We in no situation ought to settle on an existence finishing choice for anybody, not to mention ourselves, it is not the upbeat closure both hypotheses request we have. PAS is a very debatable ethical issue where severe suffering and pain of a terminally ill person is met with opposition by those who believe it ignores the value of human