Case study on Euthanasia

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Case study on Euthanasia and the arguments our philosophers would make

In 2013, Nathan, born Nancey Verhelst, 44, was given legal euthanasia,
most likely by lethal injection, on the grounds of “unbearable
psychological suffering.” Wim Distelmans, a cancer specialist who
carried out the euthanasia is the same doctor who a year before gave
lethal injections to congenitally deaf twins who were frightened, they
were also going to be blind. Mr. Verhelst had hormone therapy in 2009,
followed by a mastectomy and surgery to construct a penis in 2012. But
none of these operations worked as desired.” Euthanasia carried out by
doctors at the request of a patient is only legal in three European
countries, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

(Link to Case Study article)

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-24373107

Directions:

1. Armed with your knowledge of Kant, Mill and Aristotle please lay out
the argument each would have regarding the morality of this case. Would
they allow it and if so, what reasons would they supply? If not, again,
what reasons would they supply?

2. Make sure that you are using their theories and not your own opinion.

3. For each philosopher, please make a claim and provide evidence to
would make that claim plausible.

4. The Arguments must be complete, and they must reflect the various
theories we have studied in the first part of the semester.

Case study on Euthanasia