Examples Of Euthanasia In The Giver

The choice to have a child is life changing. Parents are given nine months to prepare for their lives to change completely. All of a sudden they are not the only person they are responsible for. Reitha and Ken Lakeberg’s circumstance was a bit more complex than the usual change in responsibilities. Instead of the one child to make decisions for, there were two, and they happened to be conjoined. Instead of having to consent for one baby they had two. This is the first ethical issue in this story. Autonomy is the right to make decisions for yourself, although with children the informed consent has to come from their parents. Yes it makes sense that children do not always fully understand and need guidance from parents. But when it is a life or death situation and there is no way to tell what they want circumstances become complicated. What gives parents or doctors the right to decide which twin should try to be saved and which twin should be sacrificed. “Mercifully, Reitha and Ken had been spared a Sophie’s Choice of selecting which of their offspring would die. Doctors made the decision strictly on medical grounds—which twin had the

Euthanasia is the deliberate act of putting an end to a patient’s life for the purpose of ending the patients suffering. But can it ever be right to kill patients, even with the intent to ease suffering? To kill patients, even with the intent to ease suffering, is considered homicide. Over the past years euthanasia has been defeated and become illegal in every country besides Netherland and Belgium. I am afraid that if euthanasia could have been legalised in those two countries, it’s a matter of time; the whole world would approval and soon follows the Dutch’s example of ‘good and easy death.’ Once legalised, euthanasia will become a means of health care containment, will become involuntary and would not only apply for the terminally ill,

At the beginning of “The Giver”, the reader is to believe that the community Jonas lives in is a utopia. It’s later revealed that this is quite the opposite of what it really is. A dystopia. Along with Jonas, the reader finds out how in Jonas’s community they they give the elderly and newborns lethal injections, constrict feelings, and prevent any form of decision making. When Jonas discovers these things through memories, he is distraught, and he has the right to be. He wants to show everyone what has been taken away from them, and what they are being lied to about. This is why I believe it was completely justified for Jonas to leave the community.

In the book, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie are migrant workers. They have to move around a lot because they run into many problems due to Lennie and his disability. George made a promise to Lennie's aunt that he would take care of him. They travel everywhere together and George cares for Lennie. At the end of the book, Lennie kills a ranch worker’s wife and a group of the ranch workers hunt Lennie down. George goes with them and finds Lennie, before any of them could and kills Lennie. George killed Lennie because he probably would have suffered a painful death. There is dispute over whether George committed murder or if what he did was considered Non- Voluntary Euthanasia. “Euthanasia is the practice of intentionally

Jonas died in Lois Lowry’s dystopian novel, The Giver. Jonas is dead because the text says “But he began to, suddenly to be happy. He began to recall happy times. He remembered his parents and his sister.” (223) Jonas was flooded with happiness and remembered his family as his eyes were shutting. He was losing consciousness as he sledded down the hill. He also misinterpreted the memory of Christmas wrong because his brain was becoming weak he saw different color lights. Jonas is dead because his life flashed before his eyes, he was losing consciousness, and he saw different color lights during Christmas than he did in the memory, Lowry here is trying to tell us that he is dead because he saw them different and he knows that they aren’t real.

What is a utopia? A utopia is a perfect place or true paradise, but is it even possible? Lois Lowry’s novel The Giver introduces a Utopian community, a place with no war and no pain. However, as the novel progresses, it is shown that the community actually has many downsides. For instance, the citizens of the community are unaware of what actually goes on around them since things are kept from them by the community leaders. Jonas and many others do not know that “release” means euthanasia which shows that the people are kept in the dark, which is not a characteristic of a utopian society. The community described in The Giver is not a utopia, but a dystopian society because citizens have no rights, there is no individuality and citizens can

In present-day society, most people question the use of euthanasia, whether it can be morally justified or not. Some argue that euthanasia has a bad reputation of being assisted suicide or murder. Most people would favour that euthanasia is generally referred to an easy or painless death, which some would call it death with dignity. However, euthanasia may at times be justified depending on the circumstances. For instance, if a patient is suffering in pain and have less or no chances at all on surviving, euthanasia can be an agreeable solution of reducing the suffering of a person. The novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and Clint Eastwood’s Million Dollar Baby provide good examples of euthanasia being a justifiable solution. Frankie and

“The killing of a person is not ‘compassionate’ it is not ‘euthanasia’. It is murder.” This was said by Stella Young (has died). She was born with a genetic disorder that caused her bones to be fragile and brake easily. Even though she was always in a wheel chair she never felt different or wanted to be treated different, she had a job and a life. Although once she had a chance to change her way of thinking, when her grandfather was sick and they were just waiting for him to die. But she didn’t she stayed strong with standing against euthanasia. She didn’t want to do it to her grandfather or herself even if she was in pain. Like Stella Young even if she was in pain, Euthanasia is still and will always be considered murder.

Would you die for something you believe in? “ I won't ! I won’t go home ! You can’t make me (p.109).” Jonas is distressed after seeing the release of a new born baby after his father told him the releases were good. This is why Jonas wants to leave the community because he believes it's full of lies. In addition the ending of the Giver is open ended. This means that there are two options for an ending one is that they are physically and emotionally dead. Or they have lived to see Elsewhere. I have evidence that they have officially died.

Even today the world is full of suffering, overpopulation, starvation, and hate. In many societies worldwide, euthanasia is a form of punishment or a way to end suffering. It is used to put down animals in pain and kill murderers. But is it ever right to take the life another human being? The Giver by Lois Lowry pertains to this topic.

(Young, 1996) Euthanasia has been the subject of both moral, religious, philosophical, legal and human right’s arguments for a number of years. In the modern day usage, euthanasia has come to imply that someone’s life is ended for compassionate reasons by passive or active steps taken by another person.

In The Giver they accept killing the new children who are not perfect. On page 150 in the giver this happened “ He killed it! My father he killed it! Jonas said to himself, stunned at what he was realizing. He continued to stare at the screen numbly.”

There are people who suffer daily and know that their death is approaching. They hope there was an easier way to die, and there is. Mercy Killings help those people who live for a painful death or are suffering until they die and should be allowed for they prevent suffering, help a person die in a kind manner, and it gives the person the right to choose. Of Mice and Men is a novel written by John Steinbeck about two best friends who have to go through this process. This topic has caused many political problems and should be taken in a positive view as an effective way to diminish the pain of loved ones.

Euthanasia is largely contested and debated because many people in society deem it does not fit with their idea of how they should behave and believe (Botton, 2000). The main debate within the issue of euthanasia is that the individual is able to understand their own experiences (Mills, 1959) and they are capable to interpret the value of those experiences (Kymlicka, 2002) in a manner which constitutes them being able to make major decisions involving the future of their life. Unfortunately due to almost all of the individuals that wish to be euthanised having serious and terminal illnesses, they are not able to freely choose how they want to live their life, and are constantly being penalised by society (Kymlicka, 2002). Some people see the issue of euthanasia a public issue, in which the value of life is threatened for the community, many see it as a private trouble for the individual (Mills, 1959). Currently euthanasia is legal in only four countries while assisted suicide is legal in four more and five US states, while debate about the legalisation in other countries, such as Australia is non-existent. This gives a sense of marginalisation to those whose wish to practice euthanasia and their families, which in tern leads to a lack of involvement in society (Mills, 1959). The choice to end ones life

Previous argument on sacrifices made by parent would also fulfill the argument here. However, I argue that the fetus would bring great pain to its’ family or to itself for the rest of its lifetime in most cases would refer to some form of support from the family or someone to gain the very quality of life to the fetus. Such case is similar to the argument Thomson made about the violinist, you share your kidney to maintain the life of a famous violinist is solely base on your kindness not because you own the violinist. (331c1) The fetus would require either emotional or physical support from the family or someone to maintain its quality of life, it is based on the kindness and responsibility that carries not because the family or someone owe the fetus.