Please give a temperate answer after studying the issue in detail diligently. Poverty is rampant! Terminal diseases are on the rise! Living ethics are on the decline! Children disown their old and infirm parents! Most countries do not have social welfare and protection schemes. Suicides are common. At such state of affairs bestowed on by the society, the state and our God, should we yield to a losing battle and give in to arguments and reasons against mercy killing. If the divine will is that we should live enduring all that happens in our life why should we search for a remedy to sustain life, say surgery or medication or any corrective remedy situation-wise? The life is ours and the conduct of life to a certain extent is at our direction and we have in-built systems to exercise our discretion. So why euthanasia not be granted to those who desire it after a full assessment of their needs!
2007-03-28 08:47:27 · 8 answers · asked by Nimit 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Personally, I don't think poverty is a reason to euthanise universally nor do I think children disowning their parents is a convincing argument.
The bigger questions to me are:
Who gets to decide whether this person gets euthanised or not after a "full" assessment is done?
Who gets to play God?
We can sit here and look at people with Cerebral Palsy or Intellectually disabled people and say, "Euthanise them, they're not living a fully potential life." Who decides for those who can not speak?
Just think if we euthanised universally and we decided to euthanise Stephen Hawking because he's in a wheelchair, can't speak without technology and looks like he is in pain.
The world would have lost a brilliant mind.
Euthanasia is an assault on a lot of world religions and I don't see it being universally legalized.
If a teenager wanted to end their life because they just had their heart broken from another teen or because they decided to come out and announce they were gay and were ostricized in their community and by their own family, should that be grounds for them to be euthanised since they would be in pain and they could no longer go on and they wanted to kill themselves?
Or would we say, you'll get over it and find someone else to love or move to another community or get them support to help them past the pain?
Who decides?
2007-03-28 09:15:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is mostly religious reasons, which i think is really sad. I don't think any religion should prevent a person from recieving help with such a difficult choice. In some cases, people determine it is best to die by their own hand and euthanasia makes this easier. Euthanasia, prescribed by a doctor, is more likely to have less complications than a person doing it in secret. A person might not get enough poison, etc. to die if they are doing it secretly. this could lead to the person suffering a fate worse than death by being permanently in more pain or a vegetable, etc
2007-03-28 09:04:41 · answer #2 · answered by doomonyou! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LBJ that's an relatively problematic question to respond to. My opinion is that existence belongs to God. besides the undeniable fact that if confronted with this very actual issue I particularly don't be attentive to what i might do or how i might react. i be attentive to i might use the hospice and get their suggestion on the thank you to administration the persons discomfort. and that i've got had journey of the hospice so i be attentive to they're incredible at helping human beings to stay in convenience of their final days. Sorry i can not be extra help.
2016-10-20 03:30:52 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where a person is terminally ill, in extreme pain and requests death, I think their wish should be granted. If they are terminally ill and in extreme pain but unable to request death, I think they should be aided in their death. Where a person is old and unable to take care of themselves, in other words causes a little or even a lot of inconvenience for somebody else, well, they should live and the inconvenienced should learn some feelings for humanity.
2007-04-05 02:36:56 · answer #4 · answered by Tony A 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh,ur doubt is natural..But in my opinion Euthanasia is equivalent to suicide.Why don't u make suicide legal? suicide too end ur agony with life..Why shold u live with problems?On the same line u cannot legalise euthanasia as it kills the chance of saving one's life.
Going by our tradition "As u cannot creat u should not destroy.It may be suicide or euthanasia".Hope u understood the consequences
2007-03-28 20:30:01 · answer #5 · answered by Kaushik 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Euthanasia should be legal and provide for those suffering.
My old dog will be compassionately put to sleep if she suffers, I would like that for myself as well.
There is a big difference between intent to murder and relief from suffering from tremendous agony and pain where you wish you were dead.
Legalize Euthanasia.
2007-03-28 09:03:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many religions/cultures believe that Life is a gift of God. Hence, they think that, no one has a right to end it except God in the manner in which God thinks is right for that individual.
2007-04-02 20:55:02 · answer #7 · answered by Govinda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On merit of each case it is more meaningful 2 legalise it. Guard against misuse by vested interests.i agree with u.
2007-04-05 06:21:39 · answer #8 · answered by pommy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋