What Is The Terri Schiavo Case Unethical
Ethical Theory on the Terri Schiavo case
Cindy Sherman
Title of Class: Ethics in Society
The Terri Schiavo case was a legal struggle involving prolonged life support in the United States that lasted from 1990 to 2005. The issue was whether to carry out the decision of the husband of Teresa Marie "Terri" Schiavo to terminate life support for her. Terri was diagnosed by doctors as being in a persistent vegetative state. The highly publicized and prolonged series of legal challenges presented by her parents and by state and federal legislative intervention effected a seven-year delay before life support finally was terminated (Baynews.com).
Moral absolutism is an ethical view that certain actions are absolutely right or wrong, …show more content…
In the Terri Schiavo case there are many point of view that may be expressed by moral absolutism. Many activists opposed Terri Schiavo’s death on the grounds of moral absolutism. An example of moral absolutists in this case would be the complexities of medical diagnosis: in a persistent vegetative state, which the courts ruled described Terri 's condition; a person is "awake but not aware." There is a loss of cognitive neurological functions like thinking and speaking, but retention of non-cognitive functions like respiration, blood circulation, a normal sleep cycle, and reflexive actions like grasping a finger or eye movement. Still, one of the most debated topics in philosophy and neuroscience right now, and one that sells a ton of books, is the very definition of "consciousness" (Clendenin 2005). Those who sided with Schiavo’s parents in their
Cindy Sherman
Title of Class: Ethics in Society
The Terri Schiavo case was a legal struggle involving prolonged life support in the United States that lasted from 1990 to 2005. The issue was whether to carry out the decision of the husband of Teresa Marie "Terri" Schiavo to terminate life support for her. Terri was diagnosed by doctors as being in a persistent vegetative state. The highly publicized and prolonged series of legal challenges presented by her parents and by state and federal legislative intervention effected a seven-year delay before life support finally was terminated (Baynews.com).
Moral absolutism is an ethical view that certain actions are absolutely right or wrong, …show more content…
In the Terri Schiavo case there are many point of view that may be expressed by moral absolutism. Many activists opposed Terri Schiavo’s death on the grounds of moral absolutism. An example of moral absolutists in this case would be the complexities of medical diagnosis: in a persistent vegetative state, which the courts ruled described Terri 's condition; a person is "awake but not aware." There is a loss of cognitive neurological functions like thinking and speaking, but retention of non-cognitive functions like respiration, blood circulation, a normal sleep cycle, and reflexive actions like grasping a finger or eye movement. Still, one of the most debated topics in philosophy and neuroscience right now, and one that sells a ton of books, is the very definition of "consciousness" (Clendenin 2005). Those who sided with Schiavo’s parents in their