Should people be forced to stay alive? Imagine having an incurable disease and having to live through all the suffering and pain from it. One could argue that ending the life would be easier and pain free. The idea of life is so immense that it can’t be subjected to a single concept. The arguments were proposed for and against euthanasia in the 19th century. The same arguments still exist on the subject, mainly on morality. Now it’s for the general public to decide where they stand on euthanasia. Euthanasia should be implemented on cases that require its necessity.
In 1870, Samuel Williams first proposed using anesthetics and morphine to intentionally end a patient's life. Over the next 35 years, debates about the ethics of euthanasia raged in the …show more content…
Pain shows essence of a person and eventually defeats their strong will. A person at pain wishes to end it rather than face it. One might say that it would be easier to die than living in constant pain. But, such intention can’t be taken into serious consideration. For euthanasia to be considered, written petition is necessity. Such petitions might be contradicted with the arguments of sanity of the victim, whether a person is in a right state of mind to make such type of request. A Canadian woman, Sue Rodriguez, suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis that was denied with the grant of assisted death. She petitioned the Canadian Supreme Court for help to die if her life was intolerable, and she would be unable to kill herself without help. Her appeal was made under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but it was turned down by a narrow margin. In the end Mrs. Rodriguez did get help to commit suicide but by a good friend who was willing to risk criminal charge, and who administered the lethal injection( Warnock and Macdonald,
In 1870, Samuel Williams first proposed using anesthetics and morphine to intentionally end a patient's life. Over the next 35 years, debates about the ethics of euthanasia raged in the …show more content…
Pain shows essence of a person and eventually defeats their strong will. A person at pain wishes to end it rather than face it. One might say that it would be easier to die than living in constant pain. But, such intention can’t be taken into serious consideration. For euthanasia to be considered, written petition is necessity. Such petitions might be contradicted with the arguments of sanity of the victim, whether a person is in a right state of mind to make such type of request. A Canadian woman, Sue Rodriguez, suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis that was denied with the grant of assisted death. She petitioned the Canadian Supreme Court for help to die if her life was intolerable, and she would be unable to kill herself without help. Her appeal was made under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but it was turned down by a narrow margin. In the end Mrs. Rodriguez did get help to commit suicide but by a good friend who was willing to risk criminal charge, and who administered the lethal injection( Warnock and Macdonald,