Euthanasia: a good or bad thing?

Question

Terry wogan: it's no assignment, i just read about the Italian who had been suffering from muscular dystrophy and who communicated his wish to die through his computer.

He died naturally.

Answer 1

its right, rather than good i think, to support people who choose to die because their quality of life is sufficiently poor

however, it is so hard to regulate

i've been suicidal, and thought that my life wasnt worth living, but that was the state of my mental health and i got better

people like that should be assisted

however, people with a degenerative illness who wil only get worse, suffer more and be in more pain should have help

i dont know how you regulate it to make sure people dont just kill of their old grannies cos they find them annoying, but whati do know is if my dog is in pain and dying of cancer, i would have him put to sleep because its humane so why not a parent or relative who is dying and in pain with no hope or recovery

Answer 2

All of us, who are answering this question, know that ethanasia is caried out if a terminally ill patient has no chance of survival. It can only be done with full legal protection for the doctors at the request of the dying person and with a written approval of the family members.

The moment you call it mercy “killing:” it becomes an emotive word which generates a debate on ethical, religious and legal grounds.

What about the battlefield? If you are the only person left alive and you walk over the wounded bodies of your dying companions, what would you do?

The answer changes in different contexts but the problem is basically the same.

I know about two cases. One, in which a dying father asked his son after regaining his consciousness, "Why don't you all let me die?" And, another, in which the doctors had stopped treating a terminally ill patient a his own request. A day before his death, he was quite alert and he asked his older brother, whom he hated, to stay on and talk to him.

The following site provides more information on this topic

http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?scope=all&edition=d&q=euthanasia

There is no simple “Yes” or “No” answer to the question on euthanasia. This is the last choice for the family and patient if all hopes of recovery are gone.

Answer 3

Euthanasia is a controversial issue because of conflicting religious and humanist views.

Euthanasia (from Greek: ευθανασία -ευ, eu, "good", θανατος, thanatos, death)

is the practice of terminating the life of a person or an animal because they are perceived as living an intolerable life, in a painless or minimally painful way either by lethal injection, drug overdose, or by the withdrawal of life support.

Eugenics described as euthanasia
In Nazi Germany the term euthanasia was misused for the T-4 Euthanasia Program, which was actually a eugenics project. The objectives were to save expense and to preserve the genetic quality of the German population by killing those considered unworthy of life and sterilizing those considered unfit to breed. Since it was not for the benefit of the victims, it does not fit the definition of euthanasia as merciful. It has nevertheless tainted the word, especially in German-speaking countries, as one of the main advocates of euthanasia in Germany after World War II was Werner Catel, a leading Nazi doctor directly involved in T-4. The currently accepted German term is the older "Sterbehilfe" (literally "helping to die"), which is used in contemporary German discussions

For mercy killings not performed on humans, it perform only on animal. .... ...

Answer 4

Euthanasia of animals serves a lifelike objective by preserving populations down and putting off animals that are too ill or injured to stay to inform the tale and thrive. It sucks for them, yet except you're offering to take all the animals in the international that are positioned down over on your domicile and preserve them your self you won't be in a position to declare plenty approximately it. Euthanasia because it pertains to people is suicide. that's an determination employed by persons who could have chosen suicide by different skill, yet who had to stay as long as they are in a position to very truthfully after which pass out the nicely suited way. in case you do not have faith in God then you definately incredibly are not going to be fearful approximately what he thinks of your determination. or maybe you do have faith, and you only do no longer care or believe him. no one is killing off a team of previous human beings only because of the fact they're bored and uninterested in constantly taking part in canasta with an identical team of human beings. Euthanasia is chosen by a handful of human beings each and each 3 hundred and sixty 5 days and in many cases only as a final motel. Congratulations, you win the blue ribbon for sensitivity to others!

Answer 5

Euthanasia?
Well, I don't know if I would want to choose to end my life, haven't been that desperate or sick yet.

I do not want someone else making that decision for me because they thought it was kind and humane.

I may be mistaken, but in the purest interpretation, that is the word for someone else making the choice, sorta like putting down an old or sick pet.

Answer 6

It only be used to end a suffering animals agony. It is more humane to end a painful death that is unavoidable. It should never
be used to control the animal population. The owner that allow
will let a pet just breed and breed should be thrown in jail and
maybe then they will learn that a pet looks to us for what it needs
and having unwanted litters is the owners responsibility. They
should have to pay for their stupidity.

Answer 7

It is an evil act whether it's by personal choice, or done by others and that includes the lives that are euthanized from the womb everyday. It's the blackest of marks on a culture.

Answer 8

Cruel to be kind.. this is never going to be definitively answered is it? Its all perspective based opinion.. every case is different, and the defence is insanity, no-one knows what extent some illnesses affect the mental well-being or rational thought an individual can sustain.. and again everyone is different..

Is this an assignment.. quote me if you like I'm a professor at the yahoo university

Answer 9

It was debated years ago as to whether or not to publish DH Lawrence's Lady Chatterly. Finally it was agreed to do so and then the flood gates opened for all sorts of other pornography related products and literature hit the market.
The same will be for Euthanasia. It has to be properly and professionally governed or nothing.

Answer 10

For animals? Yes. For people - not if it is someone else's decision when I die. If I wanted to die and needed someone to help me do it then okay. That would be in the case of sickness that is terminal and uncomfortable.