Euthanasia: Giving Dignity to Death

Although the act is illegal in most countries, professionals in the medical field morally debate over euthanasia. Active euthanasia, where most of the dilemma lies, refers to doctors using a sedative to painlessly end the life of a person suffering from a terminal illness. However, this practice contradicts cultural norms because death by euthanasia is deliberate. To society, the action is perceived as murder because it involves an aid to death. Nonetheless, while ethical rationalism dominates global perspective on the topic, virtue ethics gives control to those suffering to end their life…