Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: A Philosophical Ethical Analysis

Author(s)	EKTA SAINI
Country	India
Abstract	The use of euthanasia to relieve the suffering of terminally ill people is one of the most intriguing ethical, medical, and legal challenges of our time. The debate on legalising euthanasia and assisted suicide has a wide range of partakers including physicians, scholars in ethics and health law, politicians, and the general public. So to say it occupies a significant place in public policy discussions, for one of the most crucial issues in this discussion is the right to life, which is the central concern for all. Generally, the line of argument that supports the rejection of euthanasia is the belief that intentionally inflicting death on another human being is inherently wrong, and that the risks and harms of legalising euthanasia outweigh any benefits. On this moral dilemma, this paper will explore the Ethical alternatives to euthanasia, or whether there should be any. and examine the compatibility of euthanasia with physicians' primary mandate of healing. This paper will focus on the implications concerning the human right to live, especially in the field of medicine, and aims at expositing the issues of euthanasia from legal, social, and ethical perspectives.
Keywords	Assisted Suicide, free will, human rights, consent.
Published In	Volume 7, Issue 1, January-February 2026
Published On	2026-01-22
DOI	https://doi.org/10.63363/aijfr.2026.v07i01.3089
Short DOI	https://doi.org/hbk6xv

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