2007-09-20 05:03:37 · 18 answers · asked by April 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Anyone against it should have had to stare into the eyes of my Grandfather, as the cancer ate his body away and he lacked the strength to move. His constant pain resulted in him waking up most nights screaming, unable to even get out of bed. When he told me, as a 14 year old child that he wished for death, they should have to experience what I did. If you are agianst Euthanasia, you're saying that actively torturing someone to death is somehow better than showing them mercy.
2007-09-20 05:10:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the situation. Sometimes the person is already dead, The mind is gone, but the body doesn't knew yet because machines keep the body working.
Other times, like in some terminally ill person; they are giving up too early and committing suicide. Any religious person would say endure to the end. Giving up is something Jesus never did, but could have.
In some cases letting a person go is what needs to happen. but killing a person because they are tired of life is murder/suicide. even if the person thinks they are going to die anyway.
2007-09-20 12:09:03 · answer #2 · answered by Coool 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is one of the important questions of our age - or any age.
Do we have the right the end our own lives, or those of others, as an act of Mercy - to relieve unbearable, unstoppable suffering?
My thought on this is that to implement such a right by policy requires a much more sophisticated society than we have in the US.
We don't seem to mind so much causing suffering and death as causing death to relieve suffering.
2007-09-26 17:32:10 · answer #3 · answered by smkeller 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is murder only if the person is unwilling. I believe that one has the right to a decent life and a decent death, not agonise for days, months or years with no way to get better and no life but tied in a bed in pain.
2007-09-20 12:10:10 · answer #4 · answered by didi 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
We treat animals that are terminal more humanely than we do our human relatives. If someone is in pain we should medicate , and if it is hopeless and the patient communicates a wish to end the suffering their wishes should be honored.
2007-09-20 12:10:07 · answer #5 · answered by bryanccfshr 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I think it's the ultimate act of love when the person is suffering and if death is what he/she wants. Keeping someone alive beyond the point where they want to live is cruel and inhumane.
2007-09-20 12:16:13 · answer #6 · answered by OPad 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think in some cases where it relieves suffering its justifiable but personally I think I'd rather live, even if I was suffering. They might soon find a cure to help me, maybe I think that way because I'm keen on science but I think I'd cling to life even though mine hasnt been great.
What else is there?
2007-09-20 12:09:24 · answer #7 · answered by Leviathan 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
If I wish to die, it is my own body and I should have the right at any time to end my life. I should also be able to ask a doctor to assist me with it. No one should have the right to tell me differently.
2007-09-20 12:09:02 · answer #8 · answered by The Doctor 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
If a person signs part of a "living will" stating they wish to be euthanized then I say it is their life and they should be able to choose to die with dignity.
2007-09-20 12:14:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it is acceptable when suffering has been prolonged. We have to admit that there are things worse than death. Sometimes death is a better option.
2007-09-20 12:14:21 · answer #10 · answered by RcknRllr 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋