Ethical Topic and Question

Week 1 Assignment Checklist

This checklist can help you ensure that you have completed all of the assignment instructions.

Assisted Dying (Chapter 7) 

• Does a person with a terminal condition have a right to physician-assisted suicide?   • Does a person with a debilitating but non-terminal physical condition have a right to

physician-assisted suicide?   • Does assisted dying respect human dignity or undermine it?    • Is euthanasia or assisted suicide contrary to a physician’s role or can it be part of its

fulfillment?    • Should physicians be allowed to opt out of assisting with suicide if it is legal and a

person requests it?   

Choose a specific ethical question from the list provided, or formulate one that is sufficiently specific and focused on an ethical issue, and place it under the PART ONE: ETHICAL QUESTION heading at the top of the paper.

Provide an introduction to the topic, and place it under the PART TWO: INTRODUCTION heading.

Formulate a statement of the position you believe is strongest, and place it under the PART THREE: POSITION STATEMENT heading.

Identify and explain the strongest reason in support of the position statement, and place it under the PART FOUR: REASONS IN SUPPORT OF YOUR POSITION heading.

Formulate a statement of an opposing position, and place it under the PART FIVE: OPPOSING POSITION STATEMENT heading.

Identify and explain the strongest reason in support of the opposing position statement, and place it under the PART SIX: REASONS IN SUPPORT OF THE OPPOSING POSITION heading.

Include a title page and list of references.

Proofread carefully for mechanical and grammatical errors.

Format the assignment in APA style.

Write at least 500 words