Humans do have the right to end their lives if terminally ill if the circumstances behind this atrocious act are the right ones. We wouldn’t consider ethic to kill yourself even if you are ill just for the reason that you don’t want to keep living knowing you are going to die but this decision depends on the person who is ill and how they are going to feel about it. Society as a whole is always more important than the individual, and thinking about a common good is always more rewarding. The thing is if ending your life will fulfill a bigger cause like saving other people is accepted. For example, suppose you are dying because you have this virus/sickness that is incurable and if this spreads within your community, the life of many others are in danger. The right thing to do in this case, in order to save society, is to end your life because as an individual you are going to bring chaos to others. In this case, it would be morally acceptable that you ended your life because you are not thinking just about yourself but you are trying others to be healthy near you and you are trying to stop this virus you have from spreading. We think that if someone is misfortunately sentenced to a terminal illness, we should have the courage enough to accept that we will die and accept our fortune even if we dislike it. It is up to the person suffering the illness to decide the right way to go, if to be patient and wait for death or take his/her life away.
Helena Velasquez (Virtue ethics)
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