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In 2002, the eighty-six-year-old war hero Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Jr., in a suicide pact with his eighty-nine-year-old wife, ended his life with an overdose of sleeping pills. According to a news report, “Having lost 30 pounds from a stomach disorder, suffering from congestive heart failure and in constant back pain, the admiral had been determined to dictate the hour of his death. His wife, who suffered from osteoporosis so severe her bones were breaking, had gone blind. She had no desire to live without her husband.” Assuming this is an accurate account of Admiral Nimitz’s motivations, to what moral principle did he appeal to justify taking his own life?

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Sarenaye
well it's like this person right here just going through a bad disorders and bad habits and stuff but if I were you I would just like keep my life in order and just keep it right it's a question or not a question
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The moral principle did he appeal to justify taking his own life - Autonomy

Autonomy is the right of the patient to make an informed decision about their medical care. It is the moral principle that involves making their own decisions rather than being influenced by someone else.

  • According to this question, Admiral feels and feels of autonomy that he has the right to end his life.
  • The right to life is the right of an individual to live.
  • Justice is the moral principle of being fair to all the people in the community.
  • Beneficence is the duty of medical professionals to act for the benefit of the patient.

Thus, the moral principle did he appeal to justify taking his own life - Autonomy.

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