Pros And Cons Of Voluntary Euthanasia
BROCK
1. Competent patients have a legitimate ability to make decisions about initiating or continuing treatment that will sustain their life
2. This is based on the appeal to autonomy, self-determination, and well-being
3. Voluntary active euthanasia would promote the same values
4. There is a right to die
5. Competent patients who make decisions about ending treatment are enacting this right
C. Therefore, there is a significant reason for the permissibility for voluntary active euthanasia
Brock’s overall thesis states that good reasons to allow voluntary active euthanasia exist. And that no compelling reasons to deny voluntary active euthanasia exist, if it is well regulated. His argument is guided by a few key principles. Patients …show more content…
If every individual has, the right to terminate his or her life to avoid suffering that can be regarded as unbearable. If an individual has a right, they are morally permissible to exercise it. Even is there is a disagreement about whether or not this choice is wise or not. That being said, if an individual has the right to die, they would be morally permitted to choose when they would die, even if another considers this choice to be unwise. If everyone has the right to die, then those who experience painful, fatal illness should be able to make the decision to die, before they experience suffering, or before death is an imminent outcome. This notion seems pretty absurd, leading to the conclusion that individuals do not have the right to die and should not be allowed to terminate their life to avoid unbearable suffering.
Brock does not focus on competency tests individuals would need to pass to receive euthanasia as a treatment. There is no debate on the problems that would arise due to these types of tests. Competency cannot have a cutoff point for every physician to follow; such a line would be arbitrary. Instead, competency would be drawn on a case-by-case basis. What criteria would be followed to determine the basis of competency and who would create the criterion? This idea seems central to Brock’s argument, but it is glossed
1. Competent patients have a legitimate ability to make decisions about initiating or continuing treatment that will sustain their life
2. This is based on the appeal to autonomy, self-determination, and well-being
3. Voluntary active euthanasia would promote the same values
4. There is a right to die
5. Competent patients who make decisions about ending treatment are enacting this right
C. Therefore, there is a significant reason for the permissibility for voluntary active euthanasia
Brock’s overall thesis states that good reasons to allow voluntary active euthanasia exist. And that no compelling reasons to deny voluntary active euthanasia exist, if it is well regulated. His argument is guided by a few key principles. Patients …show more content…
If every individual has, the right to terminate his or her life to avoid suffering that can be regarded as unbearable. If an individual has a right, they are morally permissible to exercise it. Even is there is a disagreement about whether or not this choice is wise or not. That being said, if an individual has the right to die, they would be morally permitted to choose when they would die, even if another considers this choice to be unwise. If everyone has the right to die, then those who experience painful, fatal illness should be able to make the decision to die, before they experience suffering, or before death is an imminent outcome. This notion seems pretty absurd, leading to the conclusion that individuals do not have the right to die and should not be allowed to terminate their life to avoid unbearable suffering.
Brock does not focus on competency tests individuals would need to pass to receive euthanasia as a treatment. There is no debate on the problems that would arise due to these types of tests. Competency cannot have a cutoff point for every physician to follow; such a line would be arbitrary. Instead, competency would be drawn on a case-by-case basis. What criteria would be followed to determine the basis of competency and who would create the criterion? This idea seems central to Brock’s argument, but it is glossed