2007-08-08 15:54:16 · 8 answers · asked by mel_yan 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
im making a pro and con chart and I have no idea what to put for con. sorry if you feel offended
2007-08-08 16:08:07 · update #1
It's called a slippery slope.
You start off with very strict guidelines about who can be euthanized. They're terminally ill, days from dieing anyways, and the pain meds aren't cutting it. But then there is someone who is terminally ill, but is several weeks from death. Is it okay to end their life? They are fairly comfortable and aware of their surroundings. They want to end life before they get so bad off. When this sort of things become policy, then it is the money that decides things. It costs thousands to keep someone hospitalized 24/7.
Then the standards start shifting to say, coma patients. But sometimes people come out of comas. What if you're killing someone who would have woken up tomorrow? The line of what is acceptable starts to shift and become hazy. Once you justify one step, you can justify the next and the next. And then one day we will be discussing the appropriateness of euthanizing the lives of the severely retarded or the severely disabled.
It takes a while to get to that point, but once you start down that slope it's hard to stop.
2007-08-08 16:48:22 · answer #1 · answered by sassy sarah 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm all for euthanasia...Those who are against it seem to argue that it could become a cost effective method for large HMOs and health insurance companies, that it would not be used just for terminal illness, and that it will become involuntary, and that it is not up to anyone to "play God" and decide when someone dies. I happen to personally think these are all quite irrational and ridiculous, but that is what they argue. Hope this helps.
2007-08-09 12:31:40 · answer #2 · answered by Deanna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the dangerous position i would feel that i would be put in would be the fact that i would totally offend God. we cannot allow ourselves the power of God and i think that playing Him might be really something I do not want to face Him one day and have to explain
2007-08-09 11:30:04 · answer #3 · answered by veronicawilliams1969 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Legal liabilities, risk of medical sabotage e.g. people may commit murder and use euthanasia as an excuse, religious opposition
2007-08-09 08:37:10 · answer #4 · answered by kluangman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The con is, what if the patient is delusional and asks for death, but doesn't want it 10 minutes later...
2007-08-08 23:32:52 · answer #5 · answered by teknique 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It isn't. If I wanna die and I can't kill me what's wrong with someone else putting me out of my misery? It's only done when someone is at their deathbed anyway, it just speeds things up.
2007-08-08 22:59:25 · answer #6 · answered by kari 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This, of course, assumes it is a dangerous position...which I don't think it is.
2007-08-08 22:56:47 · answer #7 · answered by dawhitfield 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It isn't
2007-08-08 23:00:31 · answer #8 · answered by whitiepossum 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋