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available. This would prove to be the highest form of the positive ethics of goodness and the law would be overriding the negative ethics of goodness. In the debate over the constitutional right to live , we mainly see that the negative ethics of goodness are utilized. In the case of Nancy Cruzan, for the longest time, the state overruled everything and Nancy was not allowed to have her life terminated. The state then only provides for the negative ethics of goodness because it is in accordance with the Fourteenth Amendment. The positive ethics of goodness are not touched upon when goodness involves the law. By having her parents fight for the right to end Nancy s life, and having the law finally give them that right, the positive ethics of goodness were finally demonstrated.

This case and Hallie s ideas show us that we need to go above and beyond the call of duty to follow both ethics of goodness even if that means a fight for what is lacking. Works Cited Hallie, Phillip From Cruelty to Goodness Schmersahl and Stay. 59. Excerpts from the Supreme Court Decision in CRUZAN BY CRUZAN v. DIRECTOR, MISSOURI. 13 Feb 2001. http://www.cortland.edu/www/polsci/cruzan.html Life News (a publication of WELS Lutherans for Life) 1991. http://www.publicagenda.org/issues/overview.cfm?issue_type=right2die Supreme Court Collection: Cruzan v. Director, DMH 497 U.S. 261 (1990). http://supct.law.cornell.edu/sucpt/html/88-1503.ZS.html Part II: DECSIONS INVOLVING PATIENTS WHO HAVE LOST THE CAPACITY TO MAKE DECISIONS AND WHO HAVE NOT EXECUTED AND ADVANCE DIRECTIVE .

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