Euthanasia is an act that involves the death of a person. There are four types of euthanasia, such as voluntary active euthanasia, non-voluntary active euthanasia, voluntary passive euthanasia and non-voluntary passive euthanasia. Among the four types of euthanasia, voluntary active euthanasia or VAE is the most controversial ethical issue in the United States. It is the killing of a competent patient who has decided to end his suffering by ending his life with the help of the doctor. VAE is illegal in the United States; however, it is morally right. Voluntary active euthanasia is legitimately moral based on Immanuel Kant's human dignity, the utilitarian's Greatest Happiness Principle, and James Rachel's view of active euthanasia. According to Immanuel Kant, a person has a dignity that makes him autonomous. Therefore, the autonomous patient's decision to die has intrinsic value. Because patients are rational agents, they are able to make their own decisions based on reason. A rational patient will think that if continued existence is full of suffering and without hope for better well-being, the best option is to end one's life to save oneself from that future condition. It is the patient's approach to managing their life. Dan W. Brock is right in his article “Voluntary Active Euthanasia” when he states that “self-determination [or autonomy] has a fundamental value… [because]… the individual [can] control the manner, circumstances and timing of his own death. and death” (75). The dignity of the patient lies in his “ability to direct his own life” (Brock 75). According to Stephen G. Potts, a patient might ask for euthanasia for the benefit of other people (79). In his argument against VAE, the p...... middle of paper ......offers.Voluntary active euthanasia is legitimately moral. It is morally right for a person to ask for euthanasia because it is their freedom or autonomy to control their own life. It ends the patient's suffering without harming other people. He also prevents the person from suffering by giving him a lethal injection or drugs that prevent the person from dying slowly and painfully. On the other hand, the arguments against euthanasia are unfounded. A thorough evaluation will protect the patient who requests euthanasia for the benefit of others. A patient who requests euthanasia does not use himself as a means, but as an end to respect his own humanity. Furthermore, God as benevolent will not allow a person to suffer, which supports the purpose of euthanasia: to end suffering. Therefore, voluntary active euthanasia should be legalized in the United States.