Death is how a person chooses to view it. It is a beautiful part of nature, while others fear it. It hurts to see a loved one suffer from an illness. There is controversy over whether it is moral to help a patient die. Opinions that this would be considered murder have increased. The body is only material, we are determined by our soul. Religious views towards it seem to outweigh the philosophical point of view. Morality is based on how we perceive it. A statement is true as long as it is useful. Physician-assisted suicide should be legal for terminally ill patients. The body is only material, we are determined by our soul. The end of the body is not the end of the soul. The question of morality and its religious stages was addressed by Soren Kierkegaard and William James. Kierkegaard believes that there are steps to prove its authenticity. The aesthetic, ethical and religious stage. Doctors would be considered to be at the ethical stage because they surpass themselves and become universal to the world. Kierkegaard believes that the majority of Christians are not authentic because they need to be assured of what is right and wrong. For example, they go to church to hear God's word and apply these rules in their daily lives. To achieve higher goals, one must suspend what is right and what is wrong. James's theory of pragmatism is the belief that a statement is true, as long as it is useful. Truth is an event and not an objective characteristic. If a doctor helps a terminally ill patient die by mutual agreement and the patient feels it is right, it is helpful. James believes that we must experiment, test, or put an idea into practice to know its truth. Physician-assisted suicide is considered immoral, but utilitarianism defines morality through Immanuel Kant's Net Utility Theory. Utilitarianism is based on morally good acts that