Terri Schiavo Terry Jeffery Summary
In the article “What's the Difference between Terry and Terri?” the author Terry Jeffery links the fates and medical condition of three individuals, Terri Schiavo, Terry Wallace and Donald Herbert. These three people each had a traumatic brain injury, and they each were in a compromised medical state for many years. Two of the patients had a miraculous recovery from their brain injury, and Terri Schiavo and her parents were not given the chance of a miraculous recovery.
The author of the article has a bias against euthanasia, and the real point of the article is the that he believes that it was un-moral and criminally negligent when Terri Schiavo was executed by the state of Florida using dehydration. When she was in a persistent vegetative state for many years and didn’t deserve capital punishment for the crime of being medically ill. First off the three …show more content…
We are not guilty by association were as the preconceived guilt is viewed negatively because of its association with another person or group who is already viewed negatively (“Ad Hominem (guilt by association),” 2017).
The Terri Schiavo case was about respecting the choices each of us makes in how we want to live and die in a dignified way. Whether or not a people believes and agrees or disagrees with the outcome of the Terri Schiavo case. Terri’s husband met the legal requirements to let the care of his wife come to an end and her life with it (“From a legal perspective, should Terri Schiavo feeding tube have been removed? - Euthanasia - ProCon.org,” 2008).
The author purposely used fallacies to at best gain readership or at its worst to further his own personal agenda and believe that euthanasia is wrong regardless of a person’s belief in the right to
The author of the article has a bias against euthanasia, and the real point of the article is the that he believes that it was un-moral and criminally negligent when Terri Schiavo was executed by the state of Florida using dehydration. When she was in a persistent vegetative state for many years and didn’t deserve capital punishment for the crime of being medically ill. First off the three …show more content…
We are not guilty by association were as the preconceived guilt is viewed negatively because of its association with another person or group who is already viewed negatively (“Ad Hominem (guilt by association),” 2017).
The Terri Schiavo case was about respecting the choices each of us makes in how we want to live and die in a dignified way. Whether or not a people believes and agrees or disagrees with the outcome of the Terri Schiavo case. Terri’s husband met the legal requirements to let the care of his wife come to an end and her life with it (“From a legal perspective, should Terri Schiavo feeding tube have been removed? - Euthanasia - ProCon.org,” 2008).
The author purposely used fallacies to at best gain readership or at its worst to further his own personal agenda and believe that euthanasia is wrong regardless of a person’s belief in the right to