What is euthanasia/mercy killing? what do u think about it?

Question

hi friends.
i just want to know something about euthanasia.
what is it?where is it applicable and what are your personal opinions are regardings this?
as far as India is concerned, what do u think should we impliment it?

please reply me
Thank you!
Bikash Jain

Answer 1

i think it is not right. God is the giver and the taker. and wat right do we have to play god and take someslife.

Answer 2

Mercy killing is the mistaken belief that you are having compassion on a person by helping them die. The person may be in great pain and suffering, and you might think that you will help end the suffering if you kill them.

This is illusion. The body dies, but the soul does not. Ending a life before their time has expired leads only to more suffering. You are guilty of murder, and that person is guilty of suicide. The law of karma works with or without our compassion.

India should not implement this. Whenever a government takes the life of the people in its own hands, there will be corruption. Suppose your own dear mother is ill, and there is some burden on the state to take care of her. The state can decide to take her life out of "mercy", but she wasn't even that ill. It is just legal murder, and would be used to control population, or eliminate a certain population, or save money. No. This is not good thinking.

Answer 3

Euthanasia (from Greek: ευθανασία -ευ, eu, "good", θάνατος, thanatos, death) is the practice of terminating the life of a person or animal in a painless or minimally painful way in order to stop suffering or other undesired conditions in life. This may be voluntary or involuntary, and carried out with or without a physician. In a medical environment, this can be carried out by oral, intravenous or intramuscular drug administration.


Laws around the world vary greatly with regard to euthanasia and are constantly subject to change as cultural values shift and better palliative care or treatments become available. It is legal in some nations, while in others it may be criminalized. Due to the gravity of the issue, strict restrictions and proceedings are enforced regardless of legal status. Euthanasia is a controversial issue because of conflicting moral feelings both for the individual and between different cultures, ethnicities, religions and other groups. The subject is explored by the mass media, authors, film makers and philosophers, and is the source of ongoing debate and emotion.
Terminology
It is often difficult to discuss euthanasia because there are so many different kinds of it:

Euthanasia by means: There is passive, non-aggressive, and aggressive. Passive euthanasia is withholding common treatments (such as antibiotics, drugs, or surgery) or giving a medication (such as morphine) to relieve pain, knowing that it may also result in death (principle of double effect). Passive euthanasia is currently the most accepted form as it is currently common practice in most hospitals. Non-aggressive Euthanasia is the practice of withdrawing life support and is more controversial. Aggressive Euthanasia is using lethal substances or force to kill and is the most controversial means.

Euthanasia by consent: There is involuntary and voluntary. Involuntary Euthanasia is euthanasia against someone’s will and is often considered murder. This kind of euthanasia is usually considered wrong by both sides and is rarely debated. Voluntary Euthanasia is euthanasia with the person’s consent, but is still controversial.
There are also the designations of mercy killing, animal euthanasia, and physician-assisted suicide which is a term for aggresive voluntary euthanasia.

Arguments for and against Voluntary Euthanasia

Reasons given for Voluntary Euthanasia:
Choice: Choice is a fundamental democratic principal and is the basis of the Free Enterprise system.
Financial: It is a burden to keep people alive past the point they can contribute to society.
Pain: The pain and suffering a person feels during a disease can be incomprehensible, even with pain relievers, to a person who has not gone through it. Society should not be able to force them to endure such hardship.

Reasons given against Voluntary Euthanasia:
Hippocratic Oath: Every doctor must swear upon some variation of it and the original version swears against the use of euthanasia .
Moral: The Bible indicates that God is the judge of when people die, and that mankind must make every attempt to preserve life.
Competence: People who are not thinking properly cannot be considered in proper shape to make a decision on death. We do not allow insane people to kill themselves; we put those people in insane asylums with straight jackets. Even if they are competent, how can we ever be sure that the person making the decision is not just expressing a passing whim? It is almost impossible.
Necessity: If the disease is curable or should be in the near future, then there is no reason to euthanize them; they can fully recover and not have to experience the torment which supporters of euthanasia give as a good reason for euthanasia. If the disease is curable, then it could be argued that it is murder to let them be killed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia

Answer 4

Euthanasia/mercy killing is speeding up the death of someone who is in pain or dying. For instance, an elderly person or someone with a terminal illness (like incurable cancer). It has many different forms. The most conservative/non-extreme form is simply not to give the person medical care that would prolong their life. For instance, if an elderly person gets pneumonia, they would not be given antibiotics that would allow them to live longer. They are, however, given medical care that eases pain and makes them more comfortable. I don't know about in India, but in America that practice is legal and not terribly uncommon. For instance, my great-grandmother was diagnosed with cancer when she was in her 80's but was not treated.

The more debated examples of euthanasia involve actually killing the patient. This is typically done with the patient's consent (unless perhaps the patient is too ill to give consent). Another term for this is "physician-assisted suicide." The doctor might give the patient a lethal dose of a drug, for instance. This is still illegal in America.

I think the first, less extreme examples of euthanasia are ethical. Every patient has a right to refuse medical care. I am not so sure about physician-assisted suicide. Suicidal people are usually considered mentally ill and are given treatment accordingly. Why should it be different if they are physically ill? Also, making this legal could be dangerous if physicians killed their patients without the patient's consent because it would make these murders more difficult to prove in court.

Answer 5

Some people feel that if a person is to sick to recover it is okay to have them put to sleep permanently,like some one in a coma for instance.They think that they will never wake up or they are brain dead or something,but if they make that legal then all docters and hospitals will be killing off people left and right,and that would be scary for some. plus its unethical.

Answer 6

as u said it s mercy killing
jus 2 relieve a person of his unbearable pain, it s no wrong implimenting it, let alone in India