I believe in Socrates point of view in the case of euthanasia, he believes that humans should strive to make the morally upright and correct decisions, and therefore would lead to the idea of mitigation of human suffering. If a person is diagnosed terminally with cancer and is told they have 2 months to live, the person would endure a large amount of suffering and will weaken a person mentally. If the assisted suicide of the person helps his or hers own good then the moral is right. The assisted suicide would not cause any wrong doing to anyone. People could argue it could hurt the family being forced to let go of a loved one that they will miss, but in that case it would be morally wrong to keep a person living in torment and suffering with no hope of getting better because fear of losing them. If that person was to not want to put themselves through that nor their family through that suffering then it would be morally wrong to not let that person have the right to choose to not go through that. If every person naturally pursues his or her own good, then they have the choice to make the decision of ending their suffering. No human has the right over anyone’s life but their own every human being has the right to live there life to what …show more content…
In Brian and Adam’s case they both should be able to talk to their families and come to the conclusion that assisted suicide is the best way for them to end their suffering. The difference between actually being a part of the assisted suicide in Brian’s case and just stopping treatment for the Adam’s case should hold no difference. They both consent and request to have assisted suicide, it shouldn’t not matter if the doctor has to actively help or just stop treatment for them both to be morally right. I believe that everyone in life was born into the world born with free will, where they can do whatever they want to do with their own life. We as humans strive every day to find thing to better humanity and end suffering for all human beings. There are many diseases and different issues in our society today, and we should be able to allow human beings their right to choose to fight it or to let go and end their pain and suffering. Doctors should be willing and able to practice and not fear trouble with assisting the people who request and are in need of assisted suicide. Doctors practice should always be in their concern for the patient they are trying to help, and there is only so much medically you can do for a person and when a patient is done trying to fight their