not sure if i spelled his name right....but he went to jail for helping his patients kill themselves!
2007-06-06 02:19:35 · 11 answers · asked by ☆That's what she said ☆ 5 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
This is obviously a very controversial subject. I have mixed feelings about what he did. On one hand, I totally understand why he helped these people who were dying anyway, but he helped them to die in their own way and their own time. He took away their pain. Then, as a Christian, I believe that only God gives life and takes it when that person is finished on earth. It is a tough one to decide on.
2007-06-06 02:35:53 · answer #1 · answered by vanhammer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do NOT think WHAT he did was wrong. Even though my spiritual studies have led me to believe that suicide is a serious spiritual mistake, I support the patient's right to choose it if the situation is grave enough.
What DOES make me uneasy is WHY he did it.
This is JUST a personal feeling and I am NOT representing it as any kind of a fact, but it is a STRONG feeling, nonetheless:
I have always had the impression that he is actually a sick, twisted and scary individual who "gets off on" seeing people die - seeing the life drain out of them. But, unlike most people with such a dangerous, deviant quirk, he has lucked-out and found a way to exercise and feed this obsession legally - through the championing of a marginally, socially acceptable cause.
It was nothing more than a vague and uneasy feeling UNTILL I saw a TV journal-type show where the host talked about him being an artist in his spare time and showed some of his paintings. I still feel a sickening shudder run up and down my spine when I recall those grotesque images! I cannot help but feel that the horriffic, sick, twisted themes in those paintings could NOT have come out of a sane and benevolent mind! Nothing less than a horrendously distorted obsession with death could have spawned the mental pictures he tranferred onto canvas.
If he were not a doctor - not involved with euthanasia - they would be no less horrifying. If he were an accountant or a used car salesman, they would be no less soul-chilling!
Again, let me emphasize that this is NOT established fact, but my own feelings - however, those feelings are strong enough that I would actually be terrified if I ever found myself helpless in his presence!
2007-06-06 15:13:08 · answer #2 · answered by monarch butterfly 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I definitely do not feel what he did to help people was wrong.
The people came to him and requested his help to die a peaceful and pain-free death with dignity on their own terms.
He assisted them after reviewing their medical records and talking with the patients.
It is a shame that our society treats our animals with more dignity that the members of our own society. If your pet was suffering and no longer had a quality of life, you could take
your pet to a vet and have him euthanized.
I only hope that there will be more physicians like him who are willing to help me when I decide to end pain and suffering from a terminal illness when the time comes--hopefully, not in the very near future..
2007-06-06 09:49:30 · answer #3 · answered by chansenfam@sbcglobal.net 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He did what he did.He broke the law .He did his time and That's that.The debate go's on and that is what is important.We must work inside the law.He may have brought attention to the issue, but in no way did he move the ball.In fact he may have set back the Right to Die movement by years.
2007-06-06 09:46:36 · answer #4 · answered by SHAWN 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a difference between right/wrong and legal/illegal. The rightness of his actions depends on your own personality and moral belief system. The legality of his actions has been determined by our set of laws. Since our moral belief systems differ drastically between individuals, our best approach is to always abide by the system of laws.
2007-06-06 09:29:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes he was wrong. Helping someone kill themselves is illegal in all but 1 state.
2007-06-06 09:25:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I personally myself, have been through a rough time with cancer, now in remission, think what he does is is ok. People would not have gone to him for his help if they were not suffering. If the pain would not have subsided, and he was close to me, I would have used him to help me pass on, if the pain and agony were too much to bear. People are too out to judge him, and unless you are dying and in pain..... YOU WILL NEVER KNOW HOW IT FEELS!!!! Been there, but survived!!!
2007-06-06 09:25:56 · answer #7 · answered by stressedmomof2 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The quality of life is more important than the length of life. If i were sick and in pain, I would want help to end it. I think that he is a pioneer.
2007-06-06 09:38:19 · answer #8 · answered by b7pima 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You miss the point - they had terminal illnesses and just wanted to go out with a little dignity.
He did not seek them out, they came to him.
2007-06-06 10:24:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well... It kind of depends on what you mean... Dr. Kavorkian only helped people who have thought it through. I think...
2007-06-06 09:26:22 · answer #10 · answered by Goychie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋