Euthanasia, is it right?
Uploaded by makemequeen on Jun 04, 2007
There are many different ways to interpret euthanasia – it can be a source of release for people alone and dying a slow, agonizing death and it can be a way to commit murder onto those who may have chosen death but may have ultimately wanted to live it through their pain for their family and friends. Through history people have had this sort of argument, not only about death, but about the quality of life and whether people have the right to take it for granted. In this part of the coursework, I am here to present to you the conflicting thoughts of people all over the world from different walks of life.
Some of the reasons why people believe that euthanasia is wrong are that, for one, is that it is against nature and God’s will to take your life for the reason that you control your own life because ultimately you do not since God is the one that created you and you house the holy spirit which was placed inside you after the death of Jesus Christ. Another reason is because it can weaken the respect a person has on life by allowing them to destroy it because they think they cannot take the pain even though it can ultimately make you stronger and included positive events to occur in a person’s life, even though it may be shorter than one intends. Good palliative care can result in euthanasia being unnecessary for people who once wanted to be assisted in dying because it may bring a person out of their depressive state of mind and result in their thoughts on their life being clearer and far more optimistic than they once were. One of the more significant reasons why Christians and Non-Christians believe that euthanasia can never be justified is because it gives medics and relatives too much authority over another person’s life that is not theirs to control. Many people see this as wrong since only the person who lives their life can truly decide what happens to them, but by allowing others to overrule another’s decision because of medical belief may result in voluntary active euthanasia slipping into an involuntary active euthanasia, which is illegal in the UK.
However, the opposing view is that euthanasia can be justified to people – many think that it is only right that places like the UK make euthanasia legal...