Is Euthanasia Ethically Wrong

Such as we learned in the class, Sigmund Freud was diagnosed with oral cancer after lifetime cigar smoking, in his final years, he suffering from heart failure, his cancer is inoperable, the cancer also develop a foul smell, drive his dog, family and friends away. The cancer tortured him. He asked Max Schur, Freud’s doctor and friend to help inject him with a drug to end his life. I believe Max did the right thing. From the noble sentiment point of view, Max Schur loved his friend and didn’t want to see him suffer and also Freud made the decision and he asked to die. We can use euthanasia on our beloved pet but why not on human? When we see our pet get old, very sick and it hurt us to see them suffering, most of us will “put them to sleep” and put …show more content…
However one denomination “The Assemblies of God, the largest Pentecostal denomination in the United States, opposes physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia. The denomination teaches that life is a sacred gift and that only God should determine when life ends. “We simply feel that it is not our prerogative to end life,” says Edgar R. Lee, chairman of the church’s Commission on Doctrinal Purity. “God is the giver of life, not us (Pew research)”. But The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Evangelical Lutheran Church and Episcopal Church, they are all part of Christian religion, they all agree if someone is on life support then it is acceptable to take the patient off the life support. They also agree “the church “does not frown on” the use of pain medication to alleviate suffering, “even in cases where it might contribute to hastening death (Pew research)”. From this point of view, it is contradicting of what Christian say they believe. Also not everyone is Christian, so not everyone’s believe is the