Imagine a family member, a close friend, or even yourself diagnosed with a terminally ill condition. Stuck to a hospital bed knowing you will eventually wither away and die. What would you do? Would you live day to day with the pain and strain on family members, or ask to be put out of your misery? This is the question on many people 's minds throughout the world. There is a solution to this predicament, assisted suicide. Assisted suicide is defined as “helping a person to end his or her life by request in order to end suffering.” (Humphrey, 2). This may seem very simple but, is in fact a very debatable topic. The question is: Is this ethical? And, should this be legal? I think that assisted suicide should be legalised, but only under certain circumstances.
There are two different types of assisted suicide, one more ethical than the other. Voluntary euthanasia …show more content…
The first reason is that it is a way to end the suffering of many people who are terminally ill. Terminally ill is defined as “A person who is sick and is diagnosed with a disease that will take their life.” (Investopedia, 1). These people are going to die either way and are in pain. Some may only have months to live and want to go out on their own terms, not by the hand of their disease. This should be an option, you cannot just tell sick and hurting people that they cannot do this because if they really wanted to take their own live they will find other ways of doing it. Making physician assisted suicide legal will at least give them the option to kill themselves in a more peaceful and personable way. If you were in the shoes of the people thinking about doing this don’t you think you would at least want the chance to make your own choices, rather than having the government eliminating one of your only options. Assisted suicide should be legalized to give the terminally ill an
There are two different types of assisted suicide, one more ethical than the other. Voluntary euthanasia …show more content…
The first reason is that it is a way to end the suffering of many people who are terminally ill. Terminally ill is defined as “A person who is sick and is diagnosed with a disease that will take their life.” (Investopedia, 1). These people are going to die either way and are in pain. Some may only have months to live and want to go out on their own terms, not by the hand of their disease. This should be an option, you cannot just tell sick and hurting people that they cannot do this because if they really wanted to take their own live they will find other ways of doing it. Making physician assisted suicide legal will at least give them the option to kill themselves in a more peaceful and personable way. If you were in the shoes of the people thinking about doing this don’t you think you would at least want the chance to make your own choices, rather than having the government eliminating one of your only options. Assisted suicide should be legalized to give the terminally ill an