Qtd's Argument Against Euthanasia

“There is only one truly important philosophical problem, and that is suicide.” Qtd Euthanasia is the process of which a person with a terminal illness with no hope of surviving, can have their doctor give them something to kill them, instead of having to suffer for however long they have until they die. “In Michigan, for example, the state supreme court in 1920 upheld the murder conviction of a man who placed poison within reach of his wife, who was dying from multiple sclerosis.” (People v. Campbell) Qtd “Yet, 63 years later, in a case that never went to trial, a Michigan appellate court ignored this precedent and dismissed a murder charge against a man who gave a gun to a person who was talking of committing suicide and subsequently killed himself.” Qtd Admittedly, people would argue that it is not right and it could divide Christianity, because “in the words of the Old Testament, there is a time for everything under …show more content…
Additionally, in a way it is inhuman to let someone suffer from an illness that cannot be treated instead of letting them go. People put down animals when they get sick and it cannot be helped, but they will make a human suffer? There are three reasons why it should be legal, people have the right to death, euthanasia technically happens anyways, death is a private matter, so if no one else is being harmed it shouldn’t matter anyways if the person chooses to want it. Initially, Euthanasia should be legal because you have the right to death. “On the level of the individual, a classic lineage of thinkers from