euthanasia?is it murder? what do you think?

Question

your thoughts on it

Answer 1

God is the Judge, not us.
"Do not judge lest you be judged"
Everyone comes from different places for doing what they do, Only God see's it all, the full picture and knows the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Answer 2

Amazing. The Blair-faced liar supports abortion and has made at least one public speech supporting the withholding of medicine and even food and water to terminally-ill patients, yet won't support the death penalty for scum like the Soham murderer, Peter Sutcliffe or Ian Brady. Off-point I know, but it shows just how skewed "liberal" thinking is.
The problem in the Netherlands is that "the Right to die" is rapidly turning into "the Duty to die". And think on this: if there is a large Will involved, how many doctors would be unscrupulous enough to sign a 68-yr-old's Death Request fraudulently for a small cut of the Will? And don't think it couldn't happen: think Harold Shipman, Nurse Beverley Allitt and others.
And how long before we have the Shipman/Allitt Award for Services to NHS Budgets?

Answer 3

theres two sides.

1) its disgusting that so many people so broadly declare euthanasia murder or in any way negative. there are some circumstances where its the only decent, human thing to do. ... from both sides.
2) if it was institutionalized or overly readily allowed, it *would* be a bad thing.

I remember reading an article that made a point that if for example, your old. dying, and need 24/7 care to just make it through the day, if your not independently wealthy such that you can pay for such care without it being a problem for anyone... but instead would say, leave a grown offspring with bills for it, and/or having to care for you... then you have a *responsibility* to die. that not doing so is potentially severely harming a loved one's life and future, not to mention psychological effects of having to deal with such things. would you really want to inflict years of life-interruption, in some cases tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars of medical bills, so you, having already had a full life, can live a few more painful years?
there are always situations where it in a moral sense, would be criminal to continue clinging to life...

and there are situations where its the other way around, where the burden is not on the person who survives, but on the person who is dying... where they *are* dying, *are* in agony, (or if they are in any functionally aware state they are) with no possible hope of "getting better"(sometimes such situations happen merely from age, or from age related incurable things.

the big problem of course is that, realistically, any way to legalize it for the situations it *should* be legal, will almost certainly open the door for situations where it should *NOT* be legal and absolutely should not occur.

kinda like the death penalty, for alot of people against it... if you could somehow assure them that the people who GOT it, were *absolutely* guilty. in a 100% ineffably, undeniably, absolutely without the slightest hint of a doubt to anyone sane whatsoever sorta thing, that they might be for it. ... that their problem is not as such with the technicality of how its done, or when its done, but with the system determining the application of it...

Answer 4

In 2002, The Netherlands (where I live) legalized euthanasia. The law codified a twenty year old convention of not persecuting doctors who have committed euthanasia in very specific cases, under very specific circumstances. The Ministry of Public Health, Wellbeing and Sports claims that this practice "allows a person to end their life in dignity after having received every available type of palliative care."

Answer 5

euthanasia is assisted suicide,

suicide is the murdering of one-self, so essentially, it is murder, however the circumstances will differ depending on the patient, a otherwise healthy person? its more like true murder.

someone who's been diagnosed with terminal illness and is just suffering more and more each day? its more on the mercy-killing side ( like animals being put to sleep).

the problem, is that if doctors are granted the ability to perform euthanasia, then it leads to massive problems with doctors integrity and our legal practises considering things like medical directives in the case of mental illness / incapacity aren't quite up to the standard you'd need to pull it off properly.

personally i think euthanasia is a last resort for people without hope, in an effort to prevent any further suffering, any other case outside of that description, is just assisted murder on the doctors part.

Answer 6

I just had to euthanise my cat. She was weak and suffering, and we brought her to the vet to put her down. If someone is dying, no question about it, and is suffering, I don't know why we can't give humans the same consideration we give to our pets.

I think it needs to be regulated (doctor's boards and all that) but that it should be available if the person wishes it to end their pain and die with a little dignity. The hemlock society is a big proponent of this.

Answer 7

No.
Euthanasia is, by far, the kindest and most selfless act one person can do for another.
If a person were to allow a dog to suffer needlessly, they'd face jail time. Yet if we try to end the suffering of a loved one, it becomes "murder". It's a shame some people can't see past their own selfishness and allow the suffering to die in peace and dignity.

Answer 8

I don't think it is. There are many cases in which people have requested it. Usually they are in a lot of pain and just want it to stop. Also, if someone has made it plain that he/she doesn't want to be kept alive with machines or by any other artificial means, then the person should be allowed to die. So many people don't take quality of life into account. Just lying there isn't living. Several people in my family make announcements like that so there will be plenty of witnesses if something like that occurs. Personally, I don't want to be alive if my life consists of lying in a hospital bed, unaware and unable to communicate or have a meaningful existence.

Answer 9

It is absolutely not murder. I believe each person has a right to end their life when they are terminal. In fact it is mercy.
The ultimate mercy. Keeping someone alive in the hope of a miracle is not being very kind to them. But each case needs to looked at separately and no decision be made by one person other then the person that is dying.

Answer 10

No one has the right to take life except for the one who gave life. It's sad to see people suffer, but Jesus said that the one that endures to the end will be saved.........so are we helping them endure or are we cutting short their life now and forever?