Euthanasia Western Argument

The fourth common Western argument in favor of euthanasia is the argument of self-determination. According to the precious Western value of autonomy, the individual must be free to decide on the things that matter much to him or her. As decisions relating to marriage, procreation, contraception, education, etc. The decision on how and when to die is one of the most intimate and personal choices a person may make in a lifetime. Therefore we have the right to die; some even claim that it is a human right, a negative right (the corresponding obligation is non-intervention in suicide attempts) and a positive law (which is suicide correlative duty of care). After all, my life is mine in Confucian values, individual autonomy has never been a cherished value; nor has there been any thought of human rights.

According to Confucian values you should opt for a good death (good in the moral sense), even actively pursuing. Since "ought" implies "can", that in some circumstances a person must commit suicide implies that the person is morally permissible to commit suicide. However, the Confucian echo argument for euthanasia is the weakest here. The Western argument has to do with the permissibility of suicide and euthanasia, while Confucian ethics deals with the inadmissibility of not committing suicide. In other words, the Western argument concerns the admissibility of any suicide, regardless of value. Confucian ethics, however, deals only with the legality of a suicide, which is considered morally worthy. The Western argument is about the right to euthanasia, but only Confucian ethics has to do with righteousness, the correct behavior, or proper exercise of the right to euthanasia. Moreover, the ideas of self-ownership and individual sovereignty are totally unrelated to the Confucian