Aruna Shanbaug's Argument Against Euthanasia

A woman working at a hospital in Mumbai was brutally choked with a dog chain and raped by a co-worker. The incident left her blind, deaf, and suffering from a dreadful brain injury. This is the story of Aruna Shanbaug. The woman who is now sixty-six years of age and hasn’t responded to anyone for decades since the incident. Cases like Shanbaug and many others are presented on numerous accounts every year. To be put in such a position can be challenging on its own. To be put in the same situation with the option of dying at ease included makes the situation all but more strenuous for whomever is that has to deal with it (Lakshmi, Rama. “Violent attack prompts Indian law on passive euthanasia of patients.” Boston Globe. Boston Globe. Web. 18 …show more content…
Seeing as though it was being used in a positive manner and not negative, as projected to be, brings up the question of how it was later represented to be seen as having a negative impact on society. Early euthanasia proposals from the past depend on two concepts in justifying euthanasia: pain and hopelessness. Pain or hopelessness alone cannot be viewed as an escape route to death. Rather, the common occurrence of the two can advocate the practice of euthanasia. What makes euthanasia the "medical hastening of death a modern way of dying" isn 't determined off of the time of death and rather by human will. Thus, making the “medical hastening of death” no different from suicide. Suicide is an act that is taken into extraordinary cases due to face-front problems such as depression, etc. Whereas euthanasia, is made to end a problem that the patient is bound to already face in a manner of moral principles. When discussing the legalization versus the religious aspect of euthanasia, there are two state of minds in evaluating whether it can potentially be considered “humane” or not. Different religions come with different rulings when determining a human’s right to death. (Lavi,