Assisted Suicide Argumentative Analysis

Just like with anything else, religion plays a huge part in the argument over euthanasia. Death is clearly a natural process. No matter what, we all end up the same way eventually. The argument is that by taking matters into our own hands and choosing to assist someone in ending their lives it is “playing god” (Egendork 19). Opposition believes that everyone is part of one big community, God’s community. By requesting assisted suicide, they believe it will be taking away from the whole. Life is a gift from God to the people. If he is the one who gives life, then he is the one who should take life away. Opposition believes that by choosing to take your own life before God is ready then it is a mortal sin (Beauchamp 103). Life is sacred. But, that does not justify drugging a patient to where one is no longer aware or conscious enough to feel pain, just for the sake of relieving pain. That is not prolonging a life. It is prolonging death. Quality of life over quantity of life is still something that reigns true (Egendork 24). I believe that the opposition forgets that there is more to a person than just their physical body. There are other things that give life its …show more content…
There are small differences between people of different age groups. In 2013, a survey was conducted to see how many people have even given any thought to their medical treatment wishes. The survey was conducted using various age groups. For each question, there were four answers that an individual could choose from. The answers ranged from a great deal of thought to no thought at all. For ages 18 to 29 the majority of people (34%) had only given some thought to their medical wishes. In adults age 30 to 65+, the majority of people have given a great deal of thought to their end-of-life wishes. The trend shows that as an individual ages, the more thought that is given to the issue regarding their end of life wishes