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The applied moral issue of euthanasia, or mercy killing, concerns whether it is morally acceptable for a third party, such as a physician, to end the life of a terminally ill patient who is in intense pain. I will go further into the facts of this in my paper.

The euthanasia controversy is part of a larger issue concerning the right to die.
Staunch defenders of personal liberty argue that all of us are morally entitled to end our
lives when we see fit. Thus, according to these people, suicide is in principle morally
permissible. For health care workers, the issue of the right to die is most prominent when a patient in their care is terminally ill, is in intense pain, and voluntarily chooses
to end their life to escape prolonged suffering. In these cases, there are several theoretical
options open to the health care worker. First, the worker can ignore the patient's request
and care can continue as usual. Second, the worker can discontinue providing
life-sustaining......

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