Written Assignment 2

Written assignment questions give you the opportunity to demonstrate a mastery of the material from the texts, additional resources, and discussions. In your answers, be sure that when you make reference to the words or ideas of another, you carefully cite your sources. Your answer to each question below should be between 150 and 300 words in length (a paragraph or two, but less than a page). [MO1,2]

Written assignments such as this one do not require the use of the APA format. Instead, please answer each question in a separate section, and number your answers, to make it clear to your mentor which section is meant to answer which question. Any citations you make should, of course, conform to APA guidelines for citations/reference lists.

1. Outline both the deontological and the utilitarian argument for the permissibility of suicide, and explain why Lachs claims that they are unconvincing.
2. Explain what is meant by the claim that human life has intrinsic value, and then discuss Lee’s argument that physician-assisted suicide is immoral.