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Euthanasia

I . Introduction

Euthanasia is one of the most debatable issues of our society today Many disagree with this practice but others say that it is the only way of ending the agony of the patient . So if this issue is still argued , in what circumstance it becomes right ? Euthanasia is the killing , for reasons of mercy , of a person who is suffering from an incurable illness or hopeless injury . Euthanasia is an ancient concept that has in the past been an acceptable practice

in certain societies for example , in ancient Greece . In modern times , however , euthanasia is generally considered murder by the law and also is most of the world 's organized religions (Baird , 2001 . Passive , or negative , euthanasia does not involve the act of killing . It consists of the withdrawal of , or the deliberate failure to initiate , life-sustaining treatment in hopeless initiate , life-sustaining treatment in hopeless cases . Instead of being kept alive for days or weeks through various kinds of machines and drugs , the patient is simply allowed to die

The purpose of this is to scrutinize the different arguments about euthanasia and know its classifications

II . Discussion

Euthanasia , or mercy killing , is an act of inducing death painlessly on to abort suffering of one afflicted with an incurable or unbearable sickness . Euthanasia is regarded as homicide or murder . It is immoral . There are some people who agree in legalizing euthanasia however most people oppose the idea . They said that legalizing euthanasia would confer upon a person , especially the sick and the aged the right to request the service ' of euthanasia to the extent that a State simply inflicts a kind of social death on the aged and suffering and on those it may consider useless and a burden (Young , 2007 . It would also strengthen the trend towards suicide by those who , explicitly or without so many words , are told that they are a burden to others and to society . This may also split the medical profession in those who absolutely respect life and those who are willing to kill on request theless , moral law does not compel the use of extraordinary methods and devices , usually also very expensive , in to prolong life which is given up for lost . Withdrawing life support devices to allow nature to take its due course is not considered immoral . What is prohibited on moral grounds are all positive and direct actions intended to extinguish life , such as injection of poison or overdose of drug (see The arguments against the legalization of voluntary active euthanasia

A . Euthanasia defined

Euthanasia ' derives from the Greek words Eu which means good and Thanatos which means death . It etymologically signifies good health a pleasant and gentle death without awful suffering . Euthanasia may be defined as an action or omission that by its very nature , or in the intention , causes death , for the purpose of eliminating whatever pain (Baird , 2001

B . Death and Human Dignity

The issue of death has become...