2006-09-20 22:45:58 · 10 answers · asked by Jatt81 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
I believe if someone truly wants to die because of pain or very old they should have the right, as long as they CAN TELL YOU themselves, if they had lived a healthy life before. Now I remember a case where a baby was born without a brain, had no chance of ever having any quality of life, but the mother wanted to keep the baby alive - for 2 years at the time I heard about it. Now the amount of money it cost to keep the baby alive could have gone to someone with a chance for a better life. Therefore yes in some cases mercy killing has to be not wrong.
2006-09-20 23:00:49 · answer #1 · answered by krs451960lovesnlc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends.
Does the person being killed have a terminal illness or disease, or are they just uneducated.
If "mercy killing" (I do hope you are meaning a right to die. Because in 1937 Hitler used the term "mercy Killing" toward the very end of the T2 experiments. He literally gassed every person with a disability in Germany. Whether they had a mental illness, mental retardation, blindness, illiterates, sickly, amputees...you get the picture.)
Um...we do have some say in whether we want measures taken should we be in an emergency situation. It is called a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) and another called a Do Not Intubate (DNI).
Grandma had signed a DNR/DNI order when her congestive heart failure worsened. She did not want anyone to bring her back to life with CPR, shock, Epi...etc (DNR), nor did she want to be put on a respirator (a machine that 'breathes' for the person with the mechanical exchange of oxygen/CO.
When she died, she died.
I certainly believe that a person should have the right to determine that he or she would want, "To be put out of their misery" should they so desire. However, where would the line be drawn? When does "misery" begin?
It is a highly charged issue for sure
2006-09-20 23:19:34 · answer #2 · answered by Ebee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really depends on the situation. Personally, if I were to exist as a vegetable or in unberable pain, I would choose to be killed. Sometimes, it can be the only logical and compassionate thing to do. But I don't know if I would have the strength to choose that for someone I love.
2006-09-20 22:54:52 · answer #3 · answered by Jhan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on the situation but generally is wrong
2006-09-20 22:53:56 · answer #4 · answered by martin r 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wrong.
2006-09-20 22:53:04 · answer #5 · answered by John Q 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wrong!
2006-09-20 22:50:56 · answer #6 · answered by Daphne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wrong.
2006-09-20 22:49:09 · answer #7 · answered by Ray 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the context, you cannot be so general about it, and expect such an absolute answer.
2006-09-20 22:52:43 · answer #8 · answered by retorik75 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right you are
2006-09-20 22:53:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends.Maybe...maybe not.
2006-09-20 22:59:58 · answer #10 · answered by james ian h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋