James Rachels and J Gay-Williams are firm believers that euthanasia is immoral and unethical under all circumstances. They understand why others disagree, but when it comes down to whether it is right or wrong, they believe that euthanasia, of any kind, is murder. This raises several agonizing moral dilemmas. Euthanasia is derived from the Greek word euthanatos, which means easy death. Essentially, this is deliberately ending someone’s life to relieve pain and suffering. There are two forms of…
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…
mind in knowing the end came quickly. Using these two scenarios as a lens and employing both consequentialist and deontological perspectives, we can clearly see that active euthanasia is the morally superior choice in instances of both voluntary and non-voluntary euthanasia under the conditions of these allegories, including a terminal condition, extreme discomfort, and assuredness in the outcome. Diamondstone 5 Note It could be argued that this allegory is…
causes the patient's death. The second form is “passive” euthanasia: someone does not directly take the patient's life, but just allows the person to die. The third form is called “voluntary” euthanasia and it occurs at the request of the person who dies. The fourth form is called “involuntary” euthanasia, or “non voluntary”, and it occurs when the person is unconscious or otherwise unable to make a meaningful choice between living and dying, and an appropriate person takes the decision on their…
types of euthanasia: voluntary, non- voluntary, and involuntary ("Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide”). Voluntary euthanasia is when the direct consent of the patient is given. Non- voluntary is when direct consent is unavailable due to the patient being unconscious or underage. Involuntary is when the act is against the will of the patient. The process can actually be further divided into active and passive euthanasia. Active euthanasia is when a physician deliberately performs an action that leads…
consisted of me, Chris, Jeremiah and Onur. The film’s genre is both comedy and action, with the setting being in a school. Throughout the production we set goals to make sure our trailer was unique. Our production was aimed at the 13 -21 year age group, targeting the B-D social groups, in addition to the Aspirer psychographic group. Our production was more targeted at the male audience, as it utilises the violence/action genre. To attract this specified target audience we have used various…
Max is More Than Just a Story of a Boy and His Dog The 2015 film Max is an entertaining family film because of its story about a family overcoming loss, its outstanding acting, and its kid-friendly action scenes. The film Max follows a teenage boy, Justin Wincott, and the military-trained dog he is left in charge of after his brother is killed in combat in Afghanistan. The dog, a Belgian Malinois named Max suffers from post-traumatic-stress-disorder, putting additional strain on the Wincott…
the value of life is commonly linked to the quality of living, and life below a certain quality is no longer worth living (“Right to Die”). A possible option your loved one could have is physician assisted suicide. Physician assisted suicide is a voluntary termination of someone’s own…
authority In my workplace we are provided with a Whistleblowing Reporting Policy and Procedure which has several stages beginning with an informal disclosure to my line manager or Service Manager or Human Resources. If preferred or if unhappy with the action taken initially the second stage is a formal disclosure either verbally or in writing to the Monitoring Officer - Head of Legal & Democratic Services, Head of Financial Services or the Chief Executive. The whistleblower will be asked if they…
eventually die. With this misconstrued idea of death, the topic of assisted death becomes confusing. Religion, perspective and circumstances shape my view towards assisted death. With each assisted death, I agree the most with active voluntary euthanasia and voluntary euthanasia because the patient makes the choice towards their own life and they are able to avoid the torture of pain or sickness that is caused by with-held medical treatments. That procedure…