Sabiha Fatima here.

Consequently, my research question is "Is it justified for people to commit suicide

Euthanasia is the practise of ending a patient's life in order to relieve their suffering. Normally, the
patient in question would have a terminal illness or be in extreme suffering. A terminal sickness is a
disease or condition that is incurable and almost always results in death. The word "euthanasia" itself is
derived from a Greek term for a good death. A study of euthanasia finds that the procedure involves
three parties: the dying person, their family, and the healthcare professional who will carry out the
procedure.

The dying person may take the initiative and ask a doctor to end their life freely because they are in
pain. This is referred to as 'voluntary euthanasia'.

When active euthanasia is carried out without the patient's consent but with the knowledge of the
patient's family members who are concerned about his suffering and distress, it is considered
involuntary.

In passive euthanasia, the doctor has the choice to end the life of a dying patient by prescribing an
excessive amount of painkillers, discontinuing a certain course of therapy, or turning off the patient's life
support system.

Here are three beliefs that have varying views on whether individuals with terminal illnesses should
commit suicide.

1. self determination
2. Utilitarianism
3. Deontology

Self-determination
The justification for euthanasia based on self-determination or autonomy dates back to classical
antiquity. The right to govern one's own body and actions is known as autonomy. According to the
philosophy of self-determinism, each person's actions, values, feelings, wants, and motivations decide or
define their own existence.

Self-determination arguments suggest that a patient who requests for assistance in suicide does so with
the expectation that no other person will be harmed. The supporters of this position argue that, as long
as we do not interfere with or negatively impact the lives of others, our liberty should include the choice
to select our ultimate exit.

The law would not respect the right of those who want a doctor to help them die if euthanasia were
legally prohibited. Viewed from this angle, laws banning assisted suicide or euthanasia appear pointless,
and arbitrary.
Many Americans appear to concur that selecting one's own time and way of death based on the value of
one's life at any given time is an important aspect of self-determination. The right to self-determination
may also present issues because it exaggerates the degree of freedom that persons,
communities actually hold.

Utilitarianism
The concept of utilitarianism focuses on maximising the best interests of the majority of persons who
will be impacted by a choice or action.According to Norman, utilitarians typically view euthanasia as
bringing peace to a patient who is going through extreme suffering as death approaches. These
philosophers believe that the goal justifies the means.

Benatar (2011) puts it more bluntly: To be forced to continue living a life that one deems intolerable
when there are doctors who are willing either to end one’s life or to assist one in ending one’s own life,
is an unspeakable violation of an individual’s freedom to live and to die as he or she sees fit. When seen
from this angle, utilitarianism argues that mercy killing is ethically preferable than letting someone suffer
a torturous and delayed death. As a result, utilitarianism may be used to support or oppose arguments
for or against suicide. For instance, according to Jeremy Bentham's hedonistic calculation, although a
depressed person's suffering ends with their death, the grief of the person's family and friends may
exceed the relief from despair that the person receives from suicide.

Having clarified the concept of the happiness of the majority as a result of an activity, this poses two
significant issues.

First off, if the largest number of individuals impacted will gain from a patient's passing away due to an
incurable condition, then perhaps individual autonomy is meaningless.

Second, if euthanasia is opposed by the majority of the population, it may have an adverse effect on
individual rights, which might be a challenge for policymakers.

Deontology

The word "deontology" comes from the Greek word deon, which means "duty." Deontology has a
different stance on ethical issues than utilitarianism does. deontology ignores the consequences of a
course of action.

Kant, the founder of deontology, believed that human activities are either fundamentally right or wrong.
As a result, it differs from utilitarianism in that the outcomes or consequences are unimportant.

Fernandes observes that self-legislating will is another concept that deontology emphasises. In Kant's
ethics, the self-legislating will is viewed as the foundation of morality. In other words, since free will is
the only thing that is good in his eyes, human behaviours must follow from universal reason.

Kant holds that the goal does not justify the means. Euthanasia cannot be justified insofar as deontology
theory is fully understood since it is a means to an end.

In light of many religious beliefs, is it acceptable for people to kill themselves when they have a terminal
illness.

Islam
When Allah commands: "Do not take life which Allah made sacred, other than in the cause of justice"
(Qur'an 17:33), the maintenance of the value of life is further strengthened. Islam believes that Allah has
the sole authority to both give and take life. Each soul has a fixed time limit allotted to it by Allah, and if
that time runs out, no one can add another second to it. This means that Islamic law prescribes the
death penalty for those who commit grave crimes in order to ensure peace and security in the society.
Islam does not allow killing but dying itself is part of our faith. killing a person is worse than leaving him
to die.

Buddhist
Suicide is viewed negatively by Buddhists since the first precept prohibits from destroying life, including
one's own. A person who kills himself may as a result of his dark final thoughts, be reborn in a world of
sorrow.

Christianity
Although there are people referenced in the Bible who commit themselves, the descriptions of those
individuals are not positive. There is no explicit biblical justification for condemning and forbidding
suicide. C onventional Christian views are against it. Suicide was formerly seen by Catholics as a grave
sin that damages one's connection with God.

Hinduism
Suicide is not permitted spiritually in Hinduism. The code of ahimsa (respect for all living things and
avoidance of violence towards others). generally, prohibits taking one's own life and therefore just as
wicked as killing another person.

Judaism
Jews do not support suicide therefore the dead are interred in a separate section of the cemetery; they
also may not be given certain mourning rituals. In reality, every tactic is employed to justify suicide—
typically by concluding that the act of suicide itself demonstrates the person's insanity or that the
person must have had a change of heart after doing the fatal act but before passing away.

Conclusion
As there are numerous viewpoints on the subject, there are also several places of departure: some see it
as an issue of autonomy or sympathy, while others consider it as murder.

But no religion actively encourages suicide, not even when the suffering is intolerable. God is the sole
owner of our life, and only he has the authority to take it.

According to research, significant depression affects a large number of terminally ill patients who
request euthanasia, and this depression is linked to the patients' wish to die.

They want to be treated by a team of medical specialists who are empathetic and humanistic,

all costs must be covered by the government so that the "right to life" dominates over the "right to
dying with dignity."