Terri Schiavo was a Florida woman in a persistent vegetative state who died on 3/31/05, nearly

Terri Schiavo was a Florida woman in a persistent vegetative state who died on 3/31/05, nearly two weeks after her feeding tube was removed.

Terri Schiavo was a Florida woman in a persistent vegetative state who died on 3/31/05, nearly two weeks after her feeding tube was removed. Discuss the moral acceptability of this death from the perspective of one of the following ethical theories: utilitarianism, Kantian ethics, natural law ethics, virtue ethics. Each reply should apply a moral theory that contrasts with the theory used for the message to which the reply is posted. Both the response to this topic and the reply to another class member should identify the ethical theory being used and should clearly demonstrate the application of this theory to arrive at a conclusion about Terri Schiavo’s medical care and death.

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