Euthanasia - an act of intentionally ending a terminally ill person 's life, given that it is agreed upon as more “humane” than letting him suffer.
Active Euthanasia - euthanasia performed by exposing the patient to drugs, gas or other substances that would lead to a lethal outcome.
Passive Euthanasia - euthanasia in which the physicians responsible for the patient intentionally refrain from action and cut off any forms of life support.
Intro: The history of euthanasia begins in the ancient greece, back when it was completely socially acceptable. Only in the 12th century it was brought up and highly opposed by most religious groups, and is still under debate today, which is why it is so important to the development of our society - it …show more content…
The concept of “easy death” was originally opposed by most religion, especially Christianity, because it goes against the bible. The religious aspect is not very promising, because practically every religion (except Buddhism) opposes euthanasia at this point. However, it is not the aspect of life and death that is against religion, but that only god can decide how, when and where one must die. Euthanasia shows how dependant our society is on religious beliefs, which stands out considering the topic under discussion is a matter of life and death. The study clearly illustrates how what one person might consider “humane”, the other would consider homicide because it does not correspond with the …show more content…
It was interesting to read and showed very interesting aspects of the issue under study and how it portrayed our society. The analysis was thorough and the author never failed to find several perspectives of viewing a particular aspect of euthanasia. Perhaps the real objective of the author was to make the reader to think the different points of view and become part of social change.
Effects and conclusions of the study
The study shows that there are absolutely no problems in performing euthanasia, but the practice is limited by religious opinions, most of which seem to have an “explicitly negative attitude against practicing and legalizing euthanasia”, and general public opinion, some of which prefers to stick to the same opinion as stated above, as well as the complete opposite. Among the 4 conclusions made from the study, the following sums up the previous 3 and most accurately portrays the present day situation.
“Endless ethical, medical, religious, economical, social, judicial and other reasons mutually are confronted through centuries and society have not crystallized one viewpoint – is practicing and legalization of euthanasia allowable and hardly such one viewpoint ever will be formulated, considering the persuasive position of each
Active Euthanasia - euthanasia performed by exposing the patient to drugs, gas or other substances that would lead to a lethal outcome.
Passive Euthanasia - euthanasia in which the physicians responsible for the patient intentionally refrain from action and cut off any forms of life support.
Intro: The history of euthanasia begins in the ancient greece, back when it was completely socially acceptable. Only in the 12th century it was brought up and highly opposed by most religious groups, and is still under debate today, which is why it is so important to the development of our society - it …show more content…
The concept of “easy death” was originally opposed by most religion, especially Christianity, because it goes against the bible. The religious aspect is not very promising, because practically every religion (except Buddhism) opposes euthanasia at this point. However, it is not the aspect of life and death that is against religion, but that only god can decide how, when and where one must die. Euthanasia shows how dependant our society is on religious beliefs, which stands out considering the topic under discussion is a matter of life and death. The study clearly illustrates how what one person might consider “humane”, the other would consider homicide because it does not correspond with the …show more content…
It was interesting to read and showed very interesting aspects of the issue under study and how it portrayed our society. The analysis was thorough and the author never failed to find several perspectives of viewing a particular aspect of euthanasia. Perhaps the real objective of the author was to make the reader to think the different points of view and become part of social change.
Effects and conclusions of the study
The study shows that there are absolutely no problems in performing euthanasia, but the practice is limited by religious opinions, most of which seem to have an “explicitly negative attitude against practicing and legalizing euthanasia”, and general public opinion, some of which prefers to stick to the same opinion as stated above, as well as the complete opposite. Among the 4 conclusions made from the study, the following sums up the previous 3 and most accurately portrays the present day situation.
“Endless ethical, medical, religious, economical, social, judicial and other reasons mutually are confronted through centuries and society have not crystallized one viewpoint – is practicing and legalization of euthanasia allowable and hardly such one viewpoint ever will be formulated, considering the persuasive position of each