Euthanasia: An Ethical Discussion

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Hi and thank you for using Brainmass. The solution below should get you started. In this particular task, you are asking for help in putting together a discussion on the topic of morality/ethics as a basis for a ppt presentation. You have already written a paper dealing with ethical decision making exemplifying the Markkula model. I suggest this Slide Outline:
1. About the Moral Issue
2. About the Markkula Framework
3. Applying the Markkula Framework
4. The issue using Consequentialism/Utilitarianism
5. The issue using Deontology/Kantianism
6. The issue using Virtue Ethics
7. The issue using Other Applicable Ethical Theories
8. Personal Compass
9. Resources

This outline should provide you with the slides you need to cover the task. I have put together a guide for you below for the discussion and I have exemplified this in a sample presentation. Just let me know if you need further clarification. You can also use the listed resources to further explore the topic. All the best with your studies.

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Euthanasia Slide Guide: Titles, Text & Discussion

Slide 1
Title: Is Mercy killing/Assisted Suicide Moral and Ethical?

Text:
Mercy Killing or euthanasia and physician assisted suicide (Brazier, 2018) "refer to deliberate action taken with the intention of ending a life, in order to relieve persistent suffering." The topic of euthanasia and assisted suicide has been a source of passionate debates that support or conflict with it. Laws vary between countries; while it is illegal in most, bearing with the act a jail sentence and related penalties, there are countries where it is legal and allowed as in the countries of Belgium, Luxembourg, Canada, New Zealand, Spain, the Netherlands and Colombia (Linares, 2021). There is a distinction between euthanasia and assisted suicide. In the former, a "doctor is allowed by law to end a person's life by a painless means, as long as the patient and their family agree," (Brazier, 2018) while in the latter, a doctor assists a patient to commit suicide if the patient chooses to do it. Euthanasia can be voluntary when conducted with consent but it can also be non-voluntary when the person is unable to give it (as in the case of patients who have been in a coma for years and are brain dead), with their legal representatives making the decision on their behalf.

Slide 2
Title: The Markkula Framework

Text:
The Markkula Framework for ethical decision making originates from the work of Santa Clara University's Markkula Center for Applied Ethics (Markkula Center, 2021) where the framework has been designed for thinking decisions through ethically and acting on the result of the process. For the center, ethics requires standards and practice that requires character, knowledge and habits that look through the lenses of rights, justice, utility, common good, ...