For those who think it is good give a Concrete reason.
2007-01-02 00:38:09 · 8 answers · asked by mkuku 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I believe that when a person is in terrible pain, has no hope of recovery, and is capable of making an informed decision, euthansia should be an option available to them. Few of us would allow a pet to suffer, and yet we are generally not able to choose that same option for ourselves or our loved ones. I believe it is a reasonable option which should be allowed for someone whose quality of life is effectively non-existent, and whose pain cannot be controlled by other means.
2007-01-02 00:48:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Euthanasia is a double edged sword. Ask many suffering from constant pain and a slow death and they will beg to have the suffering end. However, it has been stated that in Denmark where euthanasia is legal that doctors and health care officials can use the threat of death as a way to control patients. There is no easy answer.
2007-01-02 00:46:45 · answer #2 · answered by diogenese_97 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If we believe that every person has ownership of his/her own life, then it should be perfectly in the rights of each individual to decide when to terminate that life.
The problem with euthanasia is that it has the potential to be abused. Family members can lie and say you've asked to die when you haven't. Insurance companies and/or hospitals might find ways to con the elderly into euthanasia to lower bills, etc.
Obviously, if you're of any kind of religious persuasion, euthanasia, like suicide, would be considered an attempt to thwart your gods'/god's plans for you and is thus taboo.
2007-01-02 09:50:53 · answer #3 · answered by GoFish 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly, I do not think I'm in a place to answer this question, and I doubt anyone here is, either. Until you're in horrible, unbearable pain with no chance of survival, how can you decide whether or not it is moral or not? With such issues as domestic abuse, gun violence, drunk driving, and murder running rampant, I think euthanasia should be MUCH lower on our priority list of ills in society that need to be cured. I think we best leave this decision to professionals, doctors, and the people who have to make this decision in a real-life situation. If you or a loved one is not in critical pain with a terminal disease, then it is really none of your business.
2007-01-02 01:49:25 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. Taco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are very few if any reasons for euthanasia. As a pragmatist i can see it to end horrible suffering in extreme circumstances, but as a method of cleansing a race or to make something convenient--no way. IMHO abortion is as much euthanasia as it is murder.
2007-01-02 00:47:49 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think a loving God could sanction forcing a person to live when they are in extreme pain and they are not going to recover. And I don't think it's morally right for us to judge them if they choose to end such a life. We have a friend who is going through this right now, in a way. His wife had a heart attack on Christmas Day, and is brain dead. He was not legally married to her, but they had been together for 30 years. Now her sons refuse to turn off the life support, even though there is no way she could recover. I'm sorry, but it seems sick to me.
2007-01-02 08:59:03 · answer #6 · answered by cross-stitch kelly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No matter what your ethics, morality or values are, euthanasia is a fancy name for killing adults just like abortion is a less obtrusive name for killing a child. They are both undeniably killing humans.
I'm not sure how people can spin the truth so badly when considering that it takes an "act" by another human to extinguish the life from another human for either abortion or euthanasia.
2007-01-02 00:41:00 · answer #7 · answered by charles 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm all for it.
You have the right to live, you have the right to die.
Its an individuals choice....no-one else has the right to interfere.
2007-01-02 01:22:00 · answer #8 · answered by wombat2u2004 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋