In the case of Moral Dilemma Scenario 1, the responsibility to choose whether to

let your spouse die or not, is quite complicated. If you let your spouse go through illegal
euthanasia,you would have to suffer the consequences of your choice in terms of both
emotional and legal issues.But on the other hand,your spouse could be free of the
unbearable agony he or she is in.

The ethical dilemma of euthanasia is based upon the debate of definition. It may be
legal in some country as it is considered as the right to die should be a matter of a
person’s choice. It is understandable that some patients in extremely distressful diseases
and terminal pain may decide that they would not want to be unnecessarily kept alive
with pain. However, euthanasia can also be interpreted as suicide with the assistance of
another person. Legalising euthanasia would result in a number of harmful effects to
society. It would encourage the killing of people who do not have the will to die and any
objectives that were to carefully observed, would consequently be weaken over
time.Since there are many confusing matters regarding euthanasia, it cause the deep
consideration and problems for most governmental authorities and general public in
making euthanasia legal.

In our perspective, if we were in this kind of situation, we would choose to

peacefully let go of the person we love. When he or she is suffering with intolerable
disease and there is no hope of recovering that they decide to end their life willingly, we
would show our empathy and love for them by respectfully following their decision.
Because either way we would have to get go of them eventually and we feel that it is
necessary to show them that we are always there for them even for the last time.

Ethics and EthicaL Dilemma

Group 3 - Sai, Samuel, Mary, An
Analysis on the Ethic of Euthanasia
The problem of the ethical dilemma of euthanasia is based upon the debate of definition.
Due to the unclear ways to talk about euthanasia, it caused the problem for the
government and general public in making euthanasia legal.

- “Euthanasia refers to active steps taken to end someone’s life to stop their suffering
and the “final deed” is undertaken by someone other than the individual, for
example a doctor”
- “Assisted suicide is about helping someone to take their own life at their request –
in other words the final deed is undertaken by the person themselves.”

Some reported numbers about euthanasia in some countries:

- Number of people living in Switzerland who underwent assisted suicide rose from
187 in 2003 to 965 in 2015

- There were 6,585 cases of assisted dying (voluntary euthanasia or assisted suicide)
which made up 4.4% of the total number of deaths. Also, about 96% of cases
involved euthanasia, and less than 4% assisted suicide

- The Royal College of Physicians became neutral on the subject after the result of a
poll of 7,000 UK hospital doctors with 43.4% opposed allowing assisted dying and
31.6% supported it.

Source:

https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/gesundheit/gesundheitszustand/sterblic
hkeit-todesursachen/spezifische.assetdetail.7008105.html
https://derechoamorir.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2018-Informe-anual-NL-2017-eng
.pdf
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/mar/21/physicians-neutral-changing-law-
assisted-dying-royal-college