Euthanasia-Essay. (Singer and Johnson)
I do not agree with Peter Singer, for the most part. Some of the agreements he and Johnson talked about were and had decent topics. Unfortunately, the main topic I do not agree with at all, only under certain circumstances. For example, Euthanasia is the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma. I feel as if the Euthanasia should not only be the doctors, and or parents’ choice of their children’s death. If they feel that their child will never wake back up from a coma. Or if they know that their baby is in so much pain that they would rather be dead than to stay alive. Neither doctors nor parents should ever give up on them and just euthanatize …show more content…
First of all, the Hippocratic Oath very clearly states: “I will neither prescribe nor administer a lethal dose of medicine to any patient” Although, it never says anything about using passive Euthanasia which means withholding common treatments such as antibiotics and other treatments for the continuance of life. Second of all, in a society of people obsessed with the cost of health care. In the end, death is a tangible option for those who are suffering and do not see life as an option any longer. The cost is less. Many see Euthanasia as inhumane and religiously wrong, but we must see it from the eyes of the patient. I am promised rights in this country, and the right to die should be right up there with the right to live. Due to these reasons, certain forms of suicide should be considered legal. (Though it really shouldn’t be.)
Euthanasia may be a cure to many people’s suffering and pain, but I highly disagree that it is okay to kill someone who does not ask. For someone who may not want to be put to death because the doctor thinks it is the right thing to do, for the people who are in a coma, no one knows for a fact that they won’t wake up, it is just a …show more content…
She has cerebral palsy. Though she is not in pain, she was born, and she is loved. No matter if she wasn’t or didn’t have a disability she would still be loved and just like everyone else.
A lot of the times a child has a disability they are treated completely different from those who don’t. They may get made fun of and have rude comments towards them, but they are also loved (sometimes even more).
Children are occasionally born with such serious disorders that termination of life is regarded as the best option. The law permits physicians to terminate the lives of newborn infants and to perform late-term abortion only on condition that they fulfil the following due care criteria: In prevailing medical opinion, the child’s suffering must be too critical and with no prospect of improvement. This means that the decision to discontinue treatment is justified. There must be no doubt about the diagnosis. Both the physician or medical doctor and the parents must be convinced that there is no reasonable alternative solution given the child’s situation. The parents must have given their consent for the termination of life. The parents must have been fully informed of the
I do not agree with Peter Singer, for the most part. Some of the agreements he and Johnson talked about were and had decent topics. Unfortunately, the main topic I do not agree with at all, only under certain circumstances. For example, Euthanasia is the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma. I feel as if the Euthanasia should not only be the doctors, and or parents’ choice of their children’s death. If they feel that their child will never wake back up from a coma. Or if they know that their baby is in so much pain that they would rather be dead than to stay alive. Neither doctors nor parents should ever give up on them and just euthanatize …show more content…
First of all, the Hippocratic Oath very clearly states: “I will neither prescribe nor administer a lethal dose of medicine to any patient” Although, it never says anything about using passive Euthanasia which means withholding common treatments such as antibiotics and other treatments for the continuance of life. Second of all, in a society of people obsessed with the cost of health care. In the end, death is a tangible option for those who are suffering and do not see life as an option any longer. The cost is less. Many see Euthanasia as inhumane and religiously wrong, but we must see it from the eyes of the patient. I am promised rights in this country, and the right to die should be right up there with the right to live. Due to these reasons, certain forms of suicide should be considered legal. (Though it really shouldn’t be.)
Euthanasia may be a cure to many people’s suffering and pain, but I highly disagree that it is okay to kill someone who does not ask. For someone who may not want to be put to death because the doctor thinks it is the right thing to do, for the people who are in a coma, no one knows for a fact that they won’t wake up, it is just a …show more content…
She has cerebral palsy. Though she is not in pain, she was born, and she is loved. No matter if she wasn’t or didn’t have a disability she would still be loved and just like everyone else.
A lot of the times a child has a disability they are treated completely different from those who don’t. They may get made fun of and have rude comments towards them, but they are also loved (sometimes even more).
Children are occasionally born with such serious disorders that termination of life is regarded as the best option. The law permits physicians to terminate the lives of newborn infants and to perform late-term abortion only on condition that they fulfil the following due care criteria: In prevailing medical opinion, the child’s suffering must be too critical and with no prospect of improvement. This means that the decision to discontinue treatment is justified. There must be no doubt about the diagnosis. Both the physician or medical doctor and the parents must be convinced that there is no reasonable alternative solution given the child’s situation. The parents must have given their consent for the termination of life. The parents must have been fully informed of the