Terri Schiavo was a 26-year-old married woman who suffered from heart failure and brain damage. According to Terri Schiavo Foundation records, she was considered to be in a persistent vegetative state, with no ability to think and with little or no awareness of her surroundings. Doctors diagnosed that Ms. Schiavo suffered from potassium deficiency. (Troublesome Cases 1. Terri Schiavo 188-189 Contemporary Moral Problems) The questions to be examined in this controversial case are: Should Mrs. Schiavo have been kept alive with a feeding tube? Who has the right to make this type of decision and should a standard of living be respected if a person's family or loved ones do not agree? (Problem Cases 1. Terri Schiavo 188-189 Contemporary Moral Problems) If Terri Schiavo was kept alive with a feeding tube, she is a person who is open to the values ​​and beliefs of those involved in the decision. Factors such as religious beliefs, moral compass, state law, etc. must be taken into consideration. A person without religious beliefs would come to a different conclusion...