Arguments Against Voluntary Euthanasia
Voluntary euthanasia is the act of ending someone's life when he or she requests it. Many countries such as the Netherlands and some parts of America have legalized voluntary euthanasia and most people do support it. There is some opposition however, to voluntary euthanasia, for example the church who believes that euthanasia is "Playing God" and that lives can only be ended when God chooses to. Voluntary euthanasia should be made available to terminally ill patients to ensure them that they do not have to suffer pain if they do not wish to.
Firstly, voluntary euthanasia helps to end the lives of the terminally ill, who are suffering unbearable pain. No one should have to go through this terrible ordeal if they choose not to. It is cruel and …show more content…
Patients who are so ill that they can't even dress themselves or go to the toilet without someone's help will feel shame for their dependence on others. Take *** for an example. She suffers from Huntington's disease and her dependence on other people grows with each passing day. All her relatives are away in America and she is the only sibling in Australia. She does not have anyone to talk to but her cat. She needed a specially built machine to carry her down stairs, which would have cost her a lot of money. Voluntary euthanasia would have ended that torment whenever she liked, however, the laws of Australia forbids …show more content…
But if choosing when to die is playing God, then isn't choosing to live on; to not die by the means of medical technology also playing God? This statement holds no logic to it whatsoever because lives are being saved by medicine each day. As long as we have medical knowledge and we use it, we are playing God; if "Playing God" actually means anything. So if we are playing God by saving people when they want, why can we also not end our lives when we choose to? Medical knowledge has been used since the beginning of civilization; we have been playing God this whole time. There is no reason to why we cannot end a person's life when they choose to if we can save them from dying when they choose
Firstly, voluntary euthanasia helps to end the lives of the terminally ill, who are suffering unbearable pain. No one should have to go through this terrible ordeal if they choose not to. It is cruel and …show more content…
Patients who are so ill that they can't even dress themselves or go to the toilet without someone's help will feel shame for their dependence on others. Take *** for an example. She suffers from Huntington's disease and her dependence on other people grows with each passing day. All her relatives are away in America and she is the only sibling in Australia. She does not have anyone to talk to but her cat. She needed a specially built machine to carry her down stairs, which would have cost her a lot of money. Voluntary euthanasia would have ended that torment whenever she liked, however, the laws of Australia forbids …show more content…
But if choosing when to die is playing God, then isn't choosing to live on; to not die by the means of medical technology also playing God? This statement holds no logic to it whatsoever because lives are being saved by medicine each day. As long as we have medical knowledge and we use it, we are playing God; if "Playing God" actually means anything. So if we are playing God by saving people when they want, why can we also not end our lives when we choose to? Medical knowledge has been used since the beginning of civilization; we have been playing God this whole time. There is no reason to why we cannot end a person's life when they choose to if we can save them from dying when they choose