The Socratic Inquiry Newsletter Vol 3 Issue 7 (2021)
SOCRATES Journal’s monthly newsletter “The Socratic Inquiry” gets published on the first Sunday of every month in English and is electronically circulated to our subscribers. Newsletter Editor: Dr Michelle Blakely, Editor, Journal Section – Public Administration, Assistant Professor of Social and Administrative Pharmacy University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. E-Mail: michelle.blakely@socratesjournal.com Assistant Editor: Dr Curt Blakely, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. E-Mail: cblakely@socratesjournal.com
SOCRATES Journal’s monthly newsletter “The Socratic Inquiry” gets published on the first Sunday of every month in English and is electronically circulated to our subscribers.
Newsletter Editor: Dr Michelle Blakely, Editor, Journal Section – Public Administration, Assistant Professor of Social and Administrative Pharmacy University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. E-Mail: michelle.blakely@socratesjournal.com
Assistant Editor: Dr Curt Blakely, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA.
E-Mail: cblakely@socratesjournal.com
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V O L . 3 I S S U E 7 2 0 2 1 ( J U N 7 - J U L 4 )
Featured Article
The Moral Basis of Euthanasia
Author: Navya Singh
Master of Philosophy Student
St. Stephen's College,
University of Delhi, India
Abstract: One of the major contemporary issues, which Applied Ethics deals with, is
euthanasia. There are different perspectives including political, social, and even religious
that argue for its moral basis. In philosophy also, various normative ethical theories such
as Deontology, Teleology, and Utilitarianism have tried to provide extremely strong and
debatable arguments. We, as students of moral philosophy, study these theories along
with the case studies to get a holistic account of any issue before judging it to be right or
wrong. This essay is an attempt to philosophically answer or provide justifications to
what has been argued before. The idea here is to critically understand the main issues
pertaining to euthanasia and why it is immoral in my view.
Keywords: Euthanasia, Consent, Killing, Duty
Euthanasia is a practice of assisting someone in dying actively by injecting lethal drugs
such as potassium chloride or passively by withdrawing life support system, basic needs
such as food, oxygen, etc., Different countries have rejected this practice while some
have legalized it only in the passive form. Originally, the option of being euthanized was
available to only those who were in a vegetative state with no alternative treatment left.
Over the past few years, the ongoing debate about the legalization of euthanasia has
spread from the aspect of physical vegetative state to mental illnesses such as
depression. Euthanasia in any form must be banned because it is inhumane.
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