For a few years, the right to die has been the most profound and difficult issue. Physicians as well as ordinary people struggle to find an answer to the question: "Is there such a thing as a life not worthy to be lived?" .
Those who support euthanasia seem to imply that, indeed, there is the life that should be terminated. Still, we have to ask ourselves whether it is possible to make an objective judgment and decide who is going to live and who is going to die. .
As far as I am concerned, such a choice is impossible, therefore, euthanasia, which includes the necessity to make that choice, should be vigorously opposed. It creates conspicuous moral dangers for both the doctors and the patients. It is important to realize there are quite a number of supporters of euthanasia. They claim it insures a dignified death and is the only way to relieve excruciating pain. What is more, they consider assisted suicide, as euthanasia is often called, to be the reflection of the patients' autonomy. According to them, the terminally ill have the right to die when they want to, not when they have to. .
Death with dignity has become a catch phrase used by euthanasia activists but it falls short of persuading me that euthanasia is the right solution. In fact, there is nothing dignified about the methods they advocate. I do not think causing suffocation with a plastic bag, which is one of the methods the supporters of assisted suicide use, is the way in which people would like to die. In addition, euthanasia activists exploit the natural fear people have of suffering and dying, and often imply that when cure is no longer likely, there are only two alternatives left, assisted suicide or unbearable pain. However, such a statement fails to note that virtually all pain can be eliminated or at least reduced significantly if proper treatment is provided.
Finally, their claim that euthanasia reflects the patients' autonomy is hardly true.
