In our judicial system today there is an ongoing battle whether terminally ill people have the right to end their lives. The question is, if the quality of life has deterio-.
rated is it our right to end it? Is assisting someone to commit suicide unethical behavior? .
Some would argue that it is not only unethical, but immoral. It is my belief that it is not.
unethical nor immoral. When death is inevitable and the quality of life has deteriorated,.
that person has the right to die with dignity. .
Jack Kevorkian, a proponent of euthanasia and assisted suicide has become a .
controversial figure in America. He believes individuals who have afflictions that are terminal have the right to end their lives. Using a "suicide machine" he developed, patients are allowed to administrate their own deaths by hitting a switch. It seem that .
the method used by Jack Kervorkian is relatively painless and quick. The pain suffered by patients with terminal diseases can last for years. If an individual's quality of life has deteriorated and life has become painful, doesn't he/she have the right to end it.
People opposed to assisted suicide consider Jack Kevorkian to be a murderer. .
The opposition consisting mainly of individuals with heavy religious convictions. Accept.
ing everything the bible states quite literally, they believe taking a life, even with the.
individual's consent is murder and a sin against god. Euthanasia should not be considered a violent act against an individual. If anything, it should be considered a service for people who have exhausted every avenue that is offered to them. Jack Kevor-.
kian does not go around killing people. He only offers his services to people who are.
terminaly sick and no longer want to suffer pain. The method Jack Kevorkian uses does.
not seem barbaric nor inhumane, to the contrary it appears to be painless and peaceful. .
Most of us do not live in fear of dying prematurely.