Dax Cowart who at the time was only 25 years of age was a regular guy until a horrific accident that took place when Dax and his father went to check out an area of land his father was interested to purchase, they both were unaware of the severe gas leak that was going on; the whole area had propane gas in the air. When they finished to inspect the land, Dax and his papa then tried to entered their car to leave, but the car just wouldn’t start up at all, so his dad tried to open the hood of the car to try to fix it while Dax was hitting the ignition, later with multiple attempts, the ignition of the car engine just completely sparked all of the gas which then caused the car to instantly catch fire along with the surroundings near them. Sadly Dax and his papa were severely burned and because of the fire their body were disfigured and charred beyond comprehension. Sadly Cowart lost his eye sight, his hands, and nearly all of his skin on his body. His father didn’t make it, he died on the way to the hospital, but Cowart was the one who survived. He was critically burned in that propane gas explosion. The accident lead Dax to feel like there was no more purpose for his life and he wanted to end his life since he…show more content… Dax Cowart argued that in Kantian view that “it is not okay what the doctor’s did because their actions suggest the view that the ends justify the means, which he believes violates the basic rights of a human being to have complete autonomy over his body”. He also suggests the Utilitarian perspective of John Stuart Mill when he speaks of considering acts of self-determination that are self-regarding and others-regarding; in the case of self-regarding acts the person should be left to their choice. He believed that the doctors didn’t care about his opinion that’s why they probably didn’t get his informed and voluntary consent regarding his treatment when he went to the
