Utilitarians Arguments Against Euthanasia

Utilitarians have a very divided viewpoint on how situations should be approached in society. In that viewpoint there is a lot of variability from one situation to another. In this paper the topic of utilitarianism and what a utilitarian would do when placed in a situation of euthanasia is going to be discussed. With the general belief being each person has the same weight in creating happiness towards the situation what is best. Utilitarians often have to analyze many aspects to ensure they are making the correct decision.
Utilitarianism is a concept that in its most basic of explanations is the choosing of an action as a way to create the most good or least amount of sadness in any specific situation. For example in the trolley problem case
Now euthanasia is the painless killing of someone whom is suffering from a painful or irreversible disease and or coma. The reason that a utilitarian would not support the concept of euthanasia is because in the simple thought process that although one person is suffering from the illness that is just the pain and sadness of one person. Whereas if euthanasia was to be used then all of that person's family would be sad due to the loss of the one individual. However if the sick person had no family or no known friends the utilitarian may change his/her outlook on the situation due the the fact that there would be no one to mourn the person after they had died thus the pain of that one ill person would outweigh the pain/sadness that would be felt by that person being dead due to that person not having any family or anyone who cared about them. For a utilitarian each no two situations are the same in this example due to many outlying factors therefore each situation would have to be evaluated differently based on each situation and based on each individual factor as a way to truly measure the happiness or overall sadness that would come out of it. One main reason that each situation would have to be evaluated is how quickly this had been set in and how long the person had been dealing with the illness or been in the coma. The reason this may affect the outcome and the view of a utilitarian is because if the person had a large family and had been fighting this disease for a long time that brings another aspect of understanding into the situation. In this situation if the family knew that the person was in excruciating pain and had no way to escape the pain except through death obviously this would cause the family to be upset