Essay On Ethical Suicide
The act of suicide or the act of taking one’s own life, is a worldwide problem. But even though it’s an issue that has yet to be resolved, does it make it ethical to allow such acts? Suicide ethics argues that suicide is wrong due to the human life being precious; others say that an individual has the right to commit these acts. Regardless of opinions, ethics is the true moral standards in which a person will react to a problematic situation or dilemma. Most are mistaken that ethics is based around feelings and/or beliefs, this is incorrect (scu.edu). Due to these misunderstandings, the outlook on certain dilemmas, such as suicide, have been wrongly discussed. How law and religious views can affect the outcome of the views of suicide ethics.
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Normally, it’s not illegal of a person to kill themselves but a person can and would most likely be guilty if they assisted the suicide in any way. One could also be charged for homicide if said person drives one to commit suicide. But euthanasia and assisted suicide could possibly be labeled morally acceptable when it comes to the medical condition of a suicidal patient. Libertarians argued that it is a right for a patient undergoing a terminal illness or possibly a vegetative state to kill themselves or ask to be “relieved of their suffering” through assisted suicide (Science). Physicians have been faced with assisted suicide to the point that they have rules regarding the issue. As a physician, you are obligated to protect your patient, regardless of the cost. So if their patient wanted to die, to be relieved of their suffering, are they obligated to assist in their suicide? This scenario is similar to that of Should I Protect a Patient at the Expense of an Innocent Stranger? in which a physician had to keep the secrets of the patient’s guilty backstory due to the promise that he assured his patient in his office but his patient’s secret was effecting an innocent man’s life. Being the physician, do you keep it to yourself or do you break the promise and risk your patient's life? Regardless, moralists believe taking one's own life is wrong and
Normally, it’s not illegal of a person to kill themselves but a person can and would most likely be guilty if they assisted the suicide in any way. One could also be charged for homicide if said person drives one to commit suicide. But euthanasia and assisted suicide could possibly be labeled morally acceptable when it comes to the medical condition of a suicidal patient. Libertarians argued that it is a right for a patient undergoing a terminal illness or possibly a vegetative state to kill themselves or ask to be “relieved of their suffering” through assisted suicide (Science). Physicians have been faced with assisted suicide to the point that they have rules regarding the issue. As a physician, you are obligated to protect your patient, regardless of the cost. So if their patient wanted to die, to be relieved of their suffering, are they obligated to assist in their suicide? This scenario is similar to that of Should I Protect a Patient at the Expense of an Innocent Stranger? in which a physician had to keep the secrets of the patient’s guilty backstory due to the promise that he assured his patient in his office but his patient’s secret was effecting an innocent man’s life. Being the physician, do you keep it to yourself or do you break the promise and risk your patient's life? Regardless, moralists believe taking one's own life is wrong and