The moral theory
Physical assisted suicide is an ethical issue for a lot of society. Society is struggling with the question if physicians should be allowed to assist patients who are in a lot of pain to die faster because there is nothing left for the doctors to do to save the patient life. PAS has been allowed in legally in bout ten states in the United States. These states include New Jersey, Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado, Columbia, Oregon, Vermont, Hawaii, and Montana (Emmanuel et al. 45). All the other states are struggling with whether to allow it or not because it goes against many beliefs of people in society. Even in these ten states, the patient has to be thoroughly examined before the procedure is allowed.
Physically Assisted suicide is an ethical issue that many people in society are struggling for years. The church says that it is morally unacceptable. God is the creator, and he is the one who should decide when a person should live the earth. The church continues to say that no human being has the right to take another person’s life no matter the reason, and if they do that, it is considered murder. The health department is struggling with the fact that physicians are supposed to save people’s lives, not helping to end it. Physical assistant suicide goes against the ethical issues of being a doctor. There is also a huge change of patients taking advantage of it for their gain.
The moral theory explains why a certain concept is wrong or right. It explains why we need to act in a certain way and not in the other way (Timons). There are ten theories under moral theory. In this case, we will focus on the three theories that make sense in the PAS ethical issue, and those theories include moral subjectivism that is a theory that supports that the thought of the subject determines right or wrong. Ethical egoism also thinks that the self-interest of the issue determines right or wrong. Finally, utilitarianism believes that the outcome of the action
determines right or wrong.
According to the subject, PAS is the victim, and the doctor is right because they are in a lot of pain. According to ethical egoism, it is also right because it serves the patient’s interest, and finally, according to utilitarianism, it wrong because the consequence of this action is someone who died. It can also be seen as right because the pain of this person was ended. The moral theory seems to be in support of PAS.
According to moral theory, the world is starting to support PAS, which is the right move. PAS is something that the society has struggled with for a long time, and the moral theory is helping the world deal with it better than any other ethical approach. No ethical approach can give a concrete answer to the PAS issue, but the moral theory is approaching this ethical issue. Other concerns are raised because the idea is based on the person; it makes the reader wonder about society’s concerns, but no theory can solve and answer all questions. The theory has already been modified has it looks at an issue in different ways from the way the society looks at an issue down to the religion.
Works cited
Timmons, Mark. Moral theory: An introduction. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012.
Emanuel, Ezekiel J., et al. “Attitudes and practices of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in the United States, Canada, and Europe.” Jama 316.1 (2016): 79-90.