Pro Euthanasia

Euthanasia is the practice of purposefully ending someone’s life in order to relieve their pain and/or suffering. Euthanasia is legal in many countries including Belgium, France, India, Japan, and few states

Albert Camus once quoted, “But in the end, one needs more courage to live than to kill them self.” Today I will be discussing the topic of Euthanasia also known as “assisted suicide.” The word originated from the Greeks, meaning “good death”. Euthanasia refers to the ending of one’s life, primarily to end suffering and pain. Euthanasia is a controversial topic and generates many political and religious debates. Although euthanasia is illegal in Canada, in some jurisdictions such as the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and the American states of Washington, Oregon and Montana, euthanasia is a legal and common practice.

The most commonly known forms are passive and active euthanasia. Passive is when a patient refuses life saving medical treatment, and active is when lethal medication is injected into the patient. Euthanasia itself is “intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit” (Batten 398-400). Assisted suicide is when “someone provides an individual with the information, guidance, and means to take his or her own life with the intention that they be used for this purpose” (Batten 398-400). Physician-assisted suicide is when a doctor is the one who assists, such as by prescribing a lethal dose of medication. Assisted Suicide is legal in Oregon, Washington, Montana, Vermont, and New Mexico. New regulations were brought about when these states legalized assisted suicide. Specifically, you must make two oral request and one written one, two doctors must be convinced that the decision is voluntarily, and you must be over eighteen (Batten

“Euthanasia is directly or indirectly bringing about the death of another person for that person’s sake; it is thought to provide a benefit or a good for the person by ending a life deemed no longer worth living-a situation that typically arises when someone has an incurable or terminal disease that causes great suffering or when someone experiences an irreversible loss of consciousness,” (Vaughn, 2010, p. 292). “Related to, but distinct from, active voluntary euthanasia is physician-assisted suicide-the killing of a person by the person’s own hand with the help of a physician,” (Vaughn, 2010, p. 293). In all states in America expect one it is illegal. There is a lot of controversy surrounding euthanasia and physician assisted suicide, from supporters of many different theories.

Euthanasia dates back to as early as 1828 when the first law was written to outlaw anyone from providing a person with a dangerous weapon and or a harmful chemical that would knowingly be used in the taking of a person’s own life. This would include taking the life of another person with their permission. In 1920 the book Permitting the Destruction of Life

Currently, there exists two different kinds of euthanasia: passive and active.  Passive euthanasia is when a physician withholds life saving measures or lets a person die naturally.  For example, when a son decides to take his mother off a life-support machine and this leads to her death, it would be considered passive euthanasia.  On the other hand, active euthanasia occurs when a person causes the death of an individual who is terminally ill.  An instance of this is when an individual proceeds to give a dying patient a lethal injection.  Thus, physician assisted suicide is a form of active euthanasia where the physician is the person that facilitates the death of an individual.

Euthanasia can be classified as “active” or “passive.” In active euthanasia, an individual purposely takes the life of the person suffering, whereas in passive euthanasia, the person who is in pain is

Euthanasia is a term typically associated with the mercy-killing of animals, but many are unaware that this action applies to humans as well. Voluntary euthanasia is legal in only some places like the Netherlands and Belgium but assisted suicide is legal in much more countries like Switzerland, Germany, and Japan. Euthanasia and assisted suicide are mistakenly used interchangeably, but they are very different on the levels of involvement. A physician assisting a patient to obtain lethal means to end the patient’s life is assisted suicide whereas euthanasia is the physician taking an active role in administering the lethal means to the patient. Although the two differ, they are usually discussed together. The places where euthanasia and assisted

What is Euthanasia? Euthanasia is the not very well known practice of a doctor providing a patient with the things necessary to peacefully pass away. If it is decided that this is the best option, the doctor will prescribe the lethal dose, ending the patient’s life, but only on the patient’s own terms. Many people agree, and disagree with this practice. Euthanasia is a widely discussed topic of controversy. People all over the world have varying opinions on this topic. Euthanasia should be legal, we should have the right to choose, whether we live or

There are two types of euthanasia these being active and passive. Active euthanasia arises in which someone takes active means to end a life, such as a lethal injection, to bring about someone’s death. Passive euthanasia transpires from instances in which someone simply refuses to intervene in order to prevent someone’s death for example switching off someone’s life support machine or withholding life extending medications (Melia, 2014).

Firstly, the difference between active euthanasia and passive euthanasia is the method used to end one’s life. Active euthanasia involves a deliberate action of killing, such as an injection of lethal substance. Passive euthanasia is a death caused by “not taking action”. For example, passive euthanasia is performed when the doctor stops necessary treatments like a life-support machine or surgery.

Euthanasia is defined as the “act of deliberately ending a person's life to relieve suffering,” while assisted suicide is someone who “deliberately assists or encourages another person to kill themselves” (NHS, 2014). Euthanasia can be done actively by deliberately ending someone’s life or passively by withholding treatment necessary to maintain life (NHS, 2014). Euthanasia and assisted suicide are largely seen as murder, but is legal in some countries, including Switzerland, Germany, Mexico and some American states, including Montana, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington (State-by-State Guide to Physician-Assisted Suicide, 2014).

Euthanasia is the painless killing for a patient that is suffering from an incurable, painful disease, or in an irreversible coma. This is legal in 5 states in the United States of America including, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, and Vermont.

According to dictionary .com “Euthanasia is the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person suffering from an incurable disease”. Specialists, researchers, legislators and delegates of various admissions talk about the likelihood of legitimating Euthanasia. Different nations take inverse sides and either permit Euthanasia or disallow it. "Killing, nonetheless, happens subtly in all social orders incorporating those in which it is held to be improper and unlawful. The history of this phenomena dates back for centuries, but it wasn’t until 1906 when the first bill to legalize euthanasia in America was introduced in the Ohio legislature. For several years, legislatures have been

Euthanasia is often called “mercy killing”. It is intentionally making someone die, rather than allowing that person to die naturally. It is sometimes the act of ending someone’s life, who is terminally ill, or is suffering in severe pain. Euthanasia is mostly illegal in the world today. Euthanasia can be considered a form of suicide, if the person afflicted with the problem actively does it. The person volunteering to commit the act to that person can also consider it a form of murder.