Given the following position on euthanasia (doctor-assisted suicide), identify which of the three major ethical theories discussed in the text-utilitarianism, duty theory, or virtue ethics-it follows. Note that each theory may encompass several possible viewpoints on an issue.Active euthanasia should not be allowed. One might opt for euthanasia because one believes it might be to one's advantage, but could one truly imagine this access being available to everyone, as a universal law? Besides, one would be using the poor doctor as merely a means to an end, without any regard for his or her professional integrity.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Duty theory.
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