Do you consider euthanasia as a killing or redemption?

Answer 1

Neither.
It's just a dignified choice that everyone should have the right to make, free from prejudice and other people's opinions, it's the most personal choice a person can ever have to make and it's wrong for individuals or society to interfere.

Answer 2

It might be a killing, if you are doing something that actively promotes the death, e.g., unplugging a life-support machine. It could also be not a killing but an instance of letting die, e.g., if you withhold medical treatment needed to save a life. (And many people think there's a moral distinction between the two - you can let die but you can't kill, for instance.)

The real question is, in cases of active euthanasia, is it a *justified* killing? For it to be justified, it needs to be at least voluntary, i.e., the patient needs to agree with it; otherwise, it violates their right to autonomy. And the reasons need to be very good, e.g., the patient is terminal and in great pain, not just a melodramatic teenager who's depressed about high school.

So if it's a voluntary active euthanasia, done under specific conditions, then it could be redemption/salvation for the patient, esp. if s/he is in great pain.

But there are many more ways for euthanisa to be an unjustified killing, so that's one reason why legislators are reluctant to legalize it: it opens the door for abuse. For instance, an elderly person might receive pressure from family members that s/he is becoming a burden and should have the courtesy to reuqest euthanasia. And of course, there are religious reasons against it as well.

Answer 3

Don't confuse euthanasia with religion. Euthanasia is the ending of a life, redemption is what those with a particular religious belief think takes place when someone accepts their religion, etc. Perhaps you should ask 'is it right or wrong?'

Answer 4

The fact is, it is taking a life, a killing. However, in circumstances where death would be better than a horrible life, I think it is a great thing. Yes, you are saving it, from misery. I've seen many animals euthanized and know without a doubt that it was the best thing to do for the animal, rather than letting it suffer. People? I would hold the same to be true, but who would be the judge other than the self?

Answer 5

I don't condone euthanasia and would not do it to anybody myself, but I certainly understand why people have resorted to this. It must have been so hard for many seeing the people they loved in so much pain and distress. I would describe it as neither word as it is a far too complex subject to label in word.

Answer 6

It would depend on the circumstances. If someone is terminally ill & in pain, if THEY request it then redemption. Anything else I would consider killing.

Answer 7

It depends on how ill the person is and what their quality of life is. I watched my mum sufer fron alzeimers for a lot of years at the end she was like a cabbage she was what you call peg fed, wore a nappy and had to have her chest cleared by pump action as she had lost her swallow it was a blessing when she died as there was no more pain. i used to watch her wince with pain from the bedsores etc. all her dignity was taken away.

Answer 8

Well, yeah! That's the whole argument of people who are against it: The person is not yet dead, they could wake up some day. Killing them is killing their chance.

Answer 9

I would say it depends on how its carried out?

But Killing! you are basically takeing a life, if they can, leave it to them, if not, they should have registered people to do it!

Well, thats my opinion of it... Dont know if any of it makes sense, its a hard question to answer!

Answer 10

What's redemption?