Question

Imagine you have been hired by an attorney working on the following case: a doctor helped a woman with Alzheimer’s disease die by suicide. The woman was in the early stages of the disease and had not lost any physical or mental abilities but was quite despondent over the diagnosis and wanted to spare her family from having to deal with her suffering. Now, share your thoughts: “This was acceptable and allowable,” or, “This is not acceptable and should not be allowed.” Explain your answer.

Answer 1

Answer. In, given case acceptable and allowable because in this case women who is diagnosed with the Alzheimer disease was despondent wanted to spare her family from having to deal with her suffering So, that's why she committed suicide so that everyone did not get trouble because of her disease and as it is clearly said that she was in initial stage were her mental and physical abilities are not worsened so she can think of later condition.