Recent debates over active euthanasia, "killing" a terminally ill patient, in Holland, has risen the question whether euthanasia is immoral or a simple human right. ... In England, only passive Euthanasia is allowed. Euthanasia touches some of the deepest feelings in human beings. ... First of all, they have taken their wove, always to assist patients in prolonging their lives, and Euthanasia completely contradicts this. ... Euthanasia does mean "Good death", but there can still be no conclusion to a question, whether Euthanasia should be accepted or not. ...

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Firstly I will look at abortion: "Abortion" Abortion can be defined as: "Premature expulsion of the foetus from the womb either done by operation or assisted by medication" The meaning of abortion is quiet clear from its definition. ... "Euthanasia" The term "Euthanasia" comes from the Greek word for "easy death". ... Basically euthanasia means killing someone in the name of compassion. ... However euthanasia is not suicide. ... Euthanasia is all about allowing a person to assist another's death to save them from a long lingering painful death. ...

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The topic of active and passive euthanasia has become a heavily discuss proposition. ... He argues that active euthanasia is not any worse than passive euthanasia, meaning that killing and letting die are morally equivalent if: (1) our intentions are the same in both cases and (2) our consequences are the same. ... Therefore, even though one is an act of active euthanasia and the other is passive euthanasia, both are equal. ... This draws the conclusion that the actions of active and passive euthanasia in both cases are immoral. ... Positive duty is the duty to actively assist someone in nee...

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Larsen, there is a very clear message supporting the need for legalized euthanasia. Larsen tries to convince the reader to support assisted suicide by using very explicit details in describing the suffering the old woman is experiencing. He is clearly a supporter of active euthanasia, where an overt effort is made to bring about death, such as administering a lethal injection. ... Proponents for euthanasia justify their case on the three moral principles of mercy, autonomy, and justice (Battin 18). ... Although I am not a definite proponent of active euthanasia, I do support passive euthana...

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Playing the Role of God Euthanasia is a Greek term meaning "good death." ... Euthanasia is a very debatable issue, and has strong arguments on both sides of the spectrum. ... Health care costs can also play a huge part in patients desiring euthanasia. ... Many argue that a person who wants to die in order to avoid pain does not need assisted suicide, but rather a doctor better trained to alleviate pain. ... However you put it Euthanasia is murder. ...

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The right to die or Euthanasia is really are tough one to call, I do not think that assisting in suicide is such a great thing.One reason that just about everyone who favors euthanasia agrees with is that a person has the right to a death with dignity. ...

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