The Pros And Cons Of Lethal Injections

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Medical execution is the process of ending another person’s life via a combination of drugs that pacify and then end them in a painless fashion. Now many people argue about whether this is to be condemned or condoned. They argue that it is not always painless and is unethical however, what they argue under the Utilitarianism is completely flawed. They point out that we have yet to create a perfect solution for doing so, and that ending a life by any means is against natural law. Never taking into consideration the situation at hand.
According to Utilitarianism your choices are determined by the overall cause and effect of your actions. In many cases the benefits should outweigh the negative consequences of anything involved. For example if …show more content…

When we decide to execute a person by lethal injection we are doing so for mainly due to this person committing several heinous crimes. These crimes primarily include rape and murder which defile another humans rights by either violating their only means of privacy and or ending their ability to live. When we choose to end the life of an inmate by medicalized execution we have to look at the pros vs the cons to determine if it is the moral decision under …show more content…

As we can note the heaviest hitters on the cons would be the expense and the taking of a life, however, in regard to most lethal injection cases are serial homicides by letting this person live with a possible chance at escape if something were to go wrong you are endangering many other people to fall victim to this inmate’s heinous list of crimes. When comparing the cost of this process we need to understand that saving a life is priceless and could never be amounted to a dollar figure making the cost of using this process almost nil compared to the benefits gained. Then taking in consideration you are easing the pain of the victim(s) and the victim(s)’s family at the expense of ending a single life nearly weighs out fairly. As the inmate whom is being executed is there already for causing so much pain to others and having no remorse of these actions. Thus making medicalized execution by lethal injection a moral action as it does more benefit to the whole compared to the negative impact of the

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