Euthanasia is the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit. When people are extremely sick and have no hope in life, they ask their doctor to kill them. Common methods are by over dose, injections and sometimes leaving the patient with no medicine tell the patient dies. This is a major problem in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and Holland. Euthanasia is wrong because it is murder, not natural, and incompatible with the role of the physician.
Euthanasia is murder and therefore considered immoral. It is wrong and it will become a habit, because people are going to get used to it and it will become a daily base. A popular example is Doctor Jack Kevorkian, a doctor who started euthanasia in 1990. He is now is prison for killing Mr. Youk by an injection. The court announced that " It is still murder, legally," adding that, "Kevorkian's martyrdom - self-imposed as it is -- will speed up the day when voluntary euthanasia for the dying is removed from the legal classification of 'murder' and recognized as a justifiable act of compassion." Since the day Dr. Kevorkian started killing his patients, it became more popular and it was tremendously increasing from 2 % to 70 % in the past 10 years. Another example is Roswell Gilbert, a 23 year old man who killed his wife to end her suffering from Alzheimer's disease and Osteoporosis, a bone disease. He is an example how people are going to get used to it and it will lead people to become murderers. "It was on March 4, 1985 that Gilbert loaded a 9-mm luger, entered the living room and quietly walked behind his wife, Emily, and shot her in the temple, then after feeling her pulse, reloaded the gun and fired again." This is how bad things could get. Killing an innocent person is intrinsically wrong because the person that is killing has the intention to cause death. Consent or motive, even of compassion, does not change the reality of killing a human being.
The Right to Live or Die Euthanasia is unnatural and should be stopped immediately. ... From the legal standpoint, this is simply legalizing murder if you have a Medical Doctor degree. Even the consent of the patient does not make it right to commit murder. ... Euthanasia is unnatural and should be stopped immediately. ... Euthanasia is simply murder. ...
Generally, the view of the Catholic church is that Euthanasia and any other form of killing (i.e. murder, suicide) are all the same, and should all be viewed under the same respects. ... However, there are two words for kill in Greek, and when Christ quotes the commandment, he uses the word that is directly translated as "murder". ... The Catholic interpretation of this quote, is that if you take part in euthanasia you are assisting suicide, which is effectively murder. ... In 1980, the Vatican released the "Declaration on Euthanasia". They said that phrases such as "mercy killing", were o...
My religious beliefs would never allow me to accept euthanasia." ... A demonstration of where euthanasia worked out in the best interest of the patient and family can be found a story of just having the option of euthanasia available to them. ... Then each case must be reported as an "unnatural death" to local officials"(Eads, 95). ... Finally, doctors who violate these guidelines before providing their services should have to face anything up to first-degree murder charges. The issue of euthanasia is really about the strength of people's spiritual will to live. ...
In this essay I will firstly be defining what euthanasia is and how it differentiates from other terms, such as assisted suicide and murder. ... Euthanasia is a Greek word and at the time the definition of euthanasia was 'a good death'. ... Assisted suicide is when a patient is going through a terminal illness and is in a position where they have no hope to recover from their illness .In that situation they wish to die with dignity and control in opposed to wait for a medical miracle to occur whilst in the meantime the patient suffers from excruciating pain .Whereas murder is a sit...
One problem many of the opponents of euthanasia have with such "mercy killing- is that it is killing, and, to many, this constitutes murder. To murder, however, by definition, is "to kill brutally or inhumanly,""(American Heritage Dictionary.) It is possible that very few of the mercy killings that have occurred over the years have been murder; however, suicide would probably be a better word. ... By the dictionary definition of murder, it seems that forcing someone to die in pain rather than trying to do something about this would be closer to murder. Another issue involves how natural these ...
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. ... They argue that it is unnatural and cruel to make patients who have already been handed their fate to wither away and die, while being kept alive only with the help of a life support machine. Health care costs can also play a huge part in patients desiring euthanasia. ... However you put it Euthanasia is murder. ...
Euthanasia is Greek meaning "good death." ... Some people say that inducing death is "playing God" and, therfore, unnatural. ... In his speech "A Bedside Perspective of Euthanasia," he argues the ethical ground for euthanasia... But if I was to say that my intention was to treat him in the way that he wanted, realizing that a foreseen consequence of my treatment was to bring about his death, and I deliberately did that, then I would be regarded in law as a murderer" (Hunt 5-6). ... People fear that voluntary euthanasia will lead to involuntary euthanasia and will be used to rid society of...
Direct and indirect euthanasia deals with who acts. ... Passive euthanasia is ending a life by not taking action, while active euthanasia is ending a life through an overt act. Unnatural passive euthanasia is withholding natural means of sustenance. ... Natural passive euthanasia is withholding unnatural life-sustaining means, such as a respirator or an artificial heart (Gardoski 54). ... The fact that doctors ignore the law and continue to assist in suicides regardless of the fact that they may be charged with manslaughter or murder is what causes issues. ...
