Do you believe in mercy killing/euthanasia?

Question

Farm bred : I think animals do have souls!

Answer 1

Yes. A person who is suffering so much that he is in coma or faints regularly and is known not be alive in good condition. But to make it legal it is very difficult. Evil will take most due advantage of it by killing innocent people.

Answer 2

I think actively killing someone, even yourself, is wrong as stated in the Bible. Given what we've seen in the Netherlands, as well, I think it's a dangerous policy to accept. A lot of people are being subjected to "Non-Voluntary Euthanasia" aka homicide.
"It gets worse: Repeated studies sponsored by the Dutch government have found that doctors kill approximately 1,000 patients each year who have not asked for euthanasia. This is not only a violation of every guideline, but an act that Dutch law considers murder. Nonvoluntary euthanasia has become so common that it even has a name: "Termination without request or consent.'"
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/smith200312230101.asp

If a person is truly ill, in most cases, nature will take its course in a reasonably short space of time. Providing him with comfort care (painkillers, proper nutrition and hydration) is the decent thing to do.


Once one gets off that course of choosing life, it seems that problems such as seen in the Netherlands occur and those who do NOT want to die (or are "defective newborns" who have not expressed a view) are simply terminated. I fail to see how that makes for a better society. Given the usual argument is about pain and intractable (untreatable pain) is rare, it seems that this is a red herring defense for euthanasia.

"J.S. Hochman, M.D., Executive Director for the National Foundation for the Treatment of Pain wrote: “chronic pain is anything but unmovable. Effectively treated, chronic pain is entirely controllable and patients commonly are able to regain a quality of life that it profound and often dramatic.”
(http://www.paincare.org/about/message.ph...
In fact, the American Pain Foundation states that “It has been predicted that close to 98% of all pain problems can be relieved or reduced”
(http://www.painfoundation.org/page.asp?f...
--A Matter of Life and Death: Informed Advance Health Care Directives by Michael J Laurence

Making someone's life as good as possible and valuing him so he doesn't feel obligated to "not be a burden anymore" seems a lot more merciful than just killing him.

Answer 3

I absolutely do . If it was legal ,I would hope that if I was in that situation that a friend or family member would have the decency to put me out of my misery. My continuing to live when there is no hope at all strips me of my dignity , denies me of my autonomy as an adult to make decisions for myself and may very well place my family in dire financial straits as the real cost of the effort to keep a dead person alive.
For some weird reason we think that it's not acceptable to let an animal suffer when there's no hope but under the same conditions it's okay to let a human being suffer

Answer 4

The problem of allowing this type of ingredient is overseeing it. it may be concern-free to commence killing people who have been in discomfort, for ulterior motives which includes inheritance etc. Then there is the ethical greyness, of the shown fact that regardless of the stable objective, this is nevertheless killing. To justify one type, justifies yet another. such using fact the loss of life penalty. Then perhaps they'll commence allowing police to apply heavy firearms to suppress riots, and such. And the domino impression is going on. perhaps no longer at such an exaggerated point, whether this is nevertheless a risk. as though i'm able to kill myself, why can no longer I kill people who I made? The problems of allowing this type of ingredient, has an excellent type of alternative conflicts. Espcially with docs Hypocratic Oath.

Answer 5

I think euthanasia should be an option under certain circumstances, but naturally the rules would have to be very strict. It would have to be absolutely clear that this is the person's own wish and that they have no chance of recovery.

Answer 6

Well, either the person will have someone else kill them or they'll do it themselves. At least with euthanasia, you can give them a pleasant last day. There would also be less of a mess to clean up, thinking practically.

Answer 7

Definitely yes.It should be legalised everywhere.Imagine the plight and agony of one, who suffers either from an incureable disease or otherwise and the outcome of which is known.As in the case of Cancer, AIDS, Severe stages of TB, Coma etc. What is the purpose of lingering the pain of such individual.Coupled to this is the hardship his family undergoes.But the decision of euthanasia, depends on the individual affected and on none else,except in cases like coma . I want to narrate a very horrible incident relating to one of my pet dog.An Apso dog was with us for more then 11 years.For more then 4 years the dog turned completely blind.But she led a completely normal life like other dogs.Her sense of smell,orientation,recognition became highly acute.Suddenly,she fell sick and all our efforts to cure her were in vain.One night I woke up by hearing her whimpering softly.To my horror, I found red ants all over her body and she was crying in pain because of this. In desparation,I started brushing with my bare hands the ants from her body.With great difficulty,we were able to give her relief. I provided her a sleeping place in my room,circling her area all round with an insecticide,to protect her from ant attacks.I would feed her with my hands,but her condition deterriorated. After one or two days I detected foul smell emnating from her body,like the smell of rotting flesh.On scrutiny I found maggots appearing from her eyes.Her eyes were only hollows.Her eyes were completely eaten away by the maggots.The maggots would come out of her eyes and crawl all over our room.I requested the vet for mercy killing,but he would not relent.I did not have the guts to kill her with my own hands or to also witness it.The dog was still living and would take milk on being fed.We administered Diazepams (about 22 tablets one after other) to relieve her of her pain.She was in terrible pain.The vet told us to wait for the end.Ultimately,when the dog was in a coma,we lured the services of one who strangled her.There fore its utterly foolish to deny mercy killing.From that day onwards we have decided not to keep any more pets.

Answer 8

Yes

Answer 9

I don't but I have had an elderly patient who was dying from stomach cancer and was in a lot of pain and was begging me and the doctor to kill her. It was very hard to deal with, to see this poor old woman with no family, in a lot of pain, and watch her suffer for 2 more weeks. I felt horrible, she begged us everyday, and loudly prayed to jesus to take her. No one came to visit her ever. Sadly she died on my day off. Her face looked as if she died with a big sigh of relief. That span of time still effects me.

Answer 10

Yes.

If someone is dying and in agony and wishing for death every day, they have the right to choose to go when they want.

It's hateful and cruel to tell someone they have to live another year or two if they don't want to if every moment they are breathing is torture.