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This 7 page paper looks at this famous case that champions the right to die. The case involves a man who wanted to die, but was not allowed to, and continues to contend that his pain was not worth living through. Utilitarianism and Kantian ethics are used as models to evaluate the case. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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quality of life due to a car accident ("A Right," 2002). Throughout his painful treatment to keep Dax alive, the patient pleaded with both of his doctors as well as
his relatives to be allowed to die (2002). He simply could not stand the pain. Yet, as Cowarts doctor said, the patient can certainly survive, but has the desire to
die (2002). At first glance, it appears that the doctors can only do one thing, at least legally, which is to preserve his life. At the same time,
there might be some part of the law that could allow for the doctors to at least do no harm, as it says in their oath. Were the treatments causing
the pain or would he be in pain anyway? Was death the only answer in order to render the patient in a condition where he was no longer in pain?
The answers to those questions matter. After all, one could argue that if it had been a woman having a baby, no one would take her pleas to end the
pain seriously. If she begged to be put to death because labor was too intense, one would discount her as being illogical due to the fact that she was in
so much pain. However, in the case at hand, the situation was far more serious. If one accepts the idea that Dax is not being disingenuous when he argues that
he should have been put to death, even after he had recovered, then one has to accept that his faculties were with him when he made his plea. Cowart would
later explain: "an hour was an eternity, with the burns and the pain I was going through" (Arnold & Menzel, 1998, p.25). Although most people would believe that Cowart was
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