There is also an argument about interfering with God's plan, but this can also be an arguement in supporting this type of euthanasia.
Why We Should or Should Not Allow Someone to Die.
A 72-year-old man is suffering from cancer. He is in extreme pain almost constantly, the only relief he receives is from numberous drugs, and the effects of those drugs is becoming weaker and weaker as time goes on. He does not want to keep living this way; he feels he has lead a good life and is ready to die. An opponent to euthanasia would claim that this man does not know what he wants, he doesn't really want to die, he just can't deal with the pain, give him more and newer drugs and he"ll be fine, anything but letting him die. The opposition might claim that the doctors just don't want to spend the time and effort in continuing treatment of this man; who knows, maybe some miracle cure will appear in the next few years and he might return to a happy healthy lifestyle. Death has become so taboo in today's society that the thought of letting someone die, even by choice is seen as blasphemy. The acceptance of death as a part of life has disappeared; people deny the natural ord!.
er of things and prolong the inevitable imagining it is for good. If this man wishes to die, he has asked for no more help, what is the wrong in giving him just that? By saying that allowing him to die is wrong or, possibly even against the law, the only result is prolonged suffering of this man, prolonged trauma to the family and extensive funds put into his continued care and for what? So he can live a few more days, maybe months, in a state of pain he never wanted anyway. .
The religious aspect to this argument states that cessation of treatment is a form of neglect, which will lead to death, which in turn can be construed as murder. Since murder is interfering with God's plan for us all, "allowing someone to die" is against God.
