As Horace once said, “To save a man’s life against his will is the same as killing him” (Quotes). The wishes of dying patients should be respected, and euthanasia could help make them come true. Regarding morality, euthanasia would grant a terminally ill person the option to escape from unbearable suffering, the right to die with dignity, and the opportunity to self govern.
If a person believes that the quality of his/her existence is more important than the quantity of life, euthanasia could be a way out. To deny a patient with incurable pain the choice of euthanasia is to denounce him/her to a life of misery, according to the dependent’s preference. Therefore, voluntary euthanasia can be considered merciful in accordance with moral …show more content…
Among the total percentage of people, the great majority is elderly. Some reports say that a close encounter with the possibility of death could result in a more positive attitude toward euthanasia (Fraser). Along with most elderly people who agree with the option of euthanasia when they are approaching death, young adults also concur that euthanasia should be a choice. For example, a new mother’s child had a rare, terminal genetic mutation called Krabbe disease. It left the ten-month-old baby frail and filled with misery. The mother, Linda van Roy, says, “She died on Tuesday; on Monday, we saw on her face that she was still in pain. And then you start to get angry, because you know that there is no medication left to give her to take away that pain.” Since the death of Linda van Roy’s baby girl, Belgium has passed a bill legalizing euthanasia for people in “constant and unbearable physical suffering that cannot be alleviated” (Magnay). Not only is euthanasia legal in other …show more content…
In 2013, 79 percent of patients in Washington who requested assisted dying had concerns about loss of dignity. In addition to Washington having a Death and Dignity Act, other countries have similar policies, such as Belgium and Luxemburg. The Belgian Act of Euthanasia was passed in May of 2002, and Luxemburg approved a Law on the Right to Die with Dignity in February of 2008, which allows a patient to decide when he/she dies (“Assisted Dying Overseas”). A Dying with Dignity system provides an accommodating and compassionate legal framework for voluntary euthanasia in other countries, and it is a safer and fairer option for a patient. This plan also helps relieve a family’s pressures while a loved one is in the process of dying (“Dying With Dignity”). However, some people disagree with voluntary euthanasia and assisted dying. The people who do not agree with these practices say they are morally wrong on account of the Bible saying that it is not right to murder a person. Even though voluntary euthanasia is a painless way of killing a terminally ill person, it is not considered murder because it is the option that the patient chooses. Despite that it is the dying person’s wish to die with dignity, people still do not believe that voluntary euthanasia is appropriate; they think that people are attempting to play God.
If a person believes that the quality of his/her existence is more important than the quantity of life, euthanasia could be a way out. To deny a patient with incurable pain the choice of euthanasia is to denounce him/her to a life of misery, according to the dependent’s preference. Therefore, voluntary euthanasia can be considered merciful in accordance with moral …show more content…
Among the total percentage of people, the great majority is elderly. Some reports say that a close encounter with the possibility of death could result in a more positive attitude toward euthanasia (Fraser). Along with most elderly people who agree with the option of euthanasia when they are approaching death, young adults also concur that euthanasia should be a choice. For example, a new mother’s child had a rare, terminal genetic mutation called Krabbe disease. It left the ten-month-old baby frail and filled with misery. The mother, Linda van Roy, says, “She died on Tuesday; on Monday, we saw on her face that she was still in pain. And then you start to get angry, because you know that there is no medication left to give her to take away that pain.” Since the death of Linda van Roy’s baby girl, Belgium has passed a bill legalizing euthanasia for people in “constant and unbearable physical suffering that cannot be alleviated” (Magnay). Not only is euthanasia legal in other …show more content…
In 2013, 79 percent of patients in Washington who requested assisted dying had concerns about loss of dignity. In addition to Washington having a Death and Dignity Act, other countries have similar policies, such as Belgium and Luxemburg. The Belgian Act of Euthanasia was passed in May of 2002, and Luxemburg approved a Law on the Right to Die with Dignity in February of 2008, which allows a patient to decide when he/she dies (“Assisted Dying Overseas”). A Dying with Dignity system provides an accommodating and compassionate legal framework for voluntary euthanasia in other countries, and it is a safer and fairer option for a patient. This plan also helps relieve a family’s pressures while a loved one is in the process of dying (“Dying With Dignity”). However, some people disagree with voluntary euthanasia and assisted dying. The people who do not agree with these practices say they are morally wrong on account of the Bible saying that it is not right to murder a person. Even though voluntary euthanasia is a painless way of killing a terminally ill person, it is not considered murder because it is the option that the patient chooses. Despite that it is the dying person’s wish to die with dignity, people still do not believe that voluntary euthanasia is appropriate; they think that people are attempting to play God.