euthanasia
The causes of euthanasia: mercy, desire to end suffering, despair, etc.
Other terms for "euthanasia" are "assisted suicide" and "mercy killing." There are no real causes of euthanasia, but there are reasons why people might resort to it. Some people, like Dr. Jack Kevorkian, who was imprisoned for assisting in suicides, believe that to prolong the suffering of a terminally ill person is immoral and the dying person should be the one to decide when it is time for his or her life to end. Other people, like Michael Schiavo, who won the right to remove the feeding tube that was the only thing keeping his severely brain-damaged wife Terry alive, believe that whether there is pain or not, when someone is in a vegetative state and is unaware of his or her surroundings, it is inhumane to keep that person living.
Reasons for Euthanasia
1. Unbearable pain
2. Right to commit suicide
3. People should not be forced to stay alive
1. Unbearable pain as the reason for euthanasia
Probably the major argument in favor of euthanasia is that the person involved is in great pain. Today, advances are constantly being made in the treatment of pain and, as they advance, the case for euthanasia/assisted-suicide is proportionally weakened. Euthanasia advocates stress the cases of unbearable pain as reasons for euthanasia, but then they soon include a "drugged" state. I guess that is in case virtually no uncontrolled pain cases can be found - then they can say those people are drugged into a no-pain state but they need to be euthanasiaed from such a state because it is not dignified. See the opening for the slippery slope? How do you measure "dignity"? No - it will be euthanasia "on demand". The pro-euthanasia folks have already started down the slope. They are even now not stoping with "unbearable pain" - they are alrady including this "drugged state" and other circumstances.
Nearly all pain can be eliminated and - in those rare cases where it can't be eliminated - it can still
Other terms for "euthanasia" are "assisted suicide" and "mercy killing." There are no real causes of euthanasia, but there are reasons why people might resort to it. Some people, like Dr. Jack Kevorkian, who was imprisoned for assisting in suicides, believe that to prolong the suffering of a terminally ill person is immoral and the dying person should be the one to decide when it is time for his or her life to end. Other people, like Michael Schiavo, who won the right to remove the feeding tube that was the only thing keeping his severely brain-damaged wife Terry alive, believe that whether there is pain or not, when someone is in a vegetative state and is unaware of his or her surroundings, it is inhumane to keep that person living.
Reasons for Euthanasia
1. Unbearable pain
2. Right to commit suicide
3. People should not be forced to stay alive
1. Unbearable pain as the reason for euthanasia
Probably the major argument in favor of euthanasia is that the person involved is in great pain. Today, advances are constantly being made in the treatment of pain and, as they advance, the case for euthanasia/assisted-suicide is proportionally weakened. Euthanasia advocates stress the cases of unbearable pain as reasons for euthanasia, but then they soon include a "drugged" state. I guess that is in case virtually no uncontrolled pain cases can be found - then they can say those people are drugged into a no-pain state but they need to be euthanasiaed from such a state because it is not dignified. See the opening for the slippery slope? How do you measure "dignity"? No - it will be euthanasia "on demand". The pro-euthanasia folks have already started down the slope. They are even now not stoping with "unbearable pain" - they are alrady including this "drugged state" and other circumstances.
Nearly all pain can be eliminated and - in those rare cases where it can't be eliminated - it can still