Euthanasia is the act of a physician or other third party ending a patient 's life in response to severe, persistent and untreatable pain and suffering ( Morrow, 2016). Throughout the world we live in today this is a very touchy subject and has brought about a number of moral dilemmas, such as that people have a right to self-determination, and should definitely have the right to decide their own fate, or helping an individual with the knowing and accepting of their death is better than allowing them to continuously suffer. The main question surrounding this hot controversy is whether this process is ethical or not; should human beings have the right to decide on issues of life and death? When further looking into the different types
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Active euthanasia is when the medical professionals, or another person, intentionally does something that causes the patient to die. It is when death is brought n due to an act. This is also known as mercy killing. Passive euthanasia is when someone does something that keeps the patient alive is stopped, allowing them to die. This is when death is brought about by an omission. An example can be switching off life support machines, withholding treatment, the disconnection of a feeding tube and much …show more content…
When it comes down to this form of euthanasia, many people disagree. Those in particular may be family members. If a patient is suffering badly and will no longer want to bear that pain they may give medical professionals the consent to perform this act. The issues that lie here is that life is important and Euthanasia might not be in a person 's best interests. Also many are against this for there are other forms of soothing care to avoid euthanasia as well as Euthanasia kind of exposes defenseless people to pressure to end their lives. For example the story of the young teenage girl named Jerika Bolden. Jerika has Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 2, an incurable genetic disease that often claims lives before adolescence (Collar, 2016). She knew that her condition will only worsen and decide to live in hospice and live her final moments of life doing things that she loves. Her mother disagreed but she wanted to respect her daughter’s decision as well her bravery for doing such. The ethical issue of non-voluntary euthanasia is that it is not fair and shouldn’t be allowed for someone else to make a decision for a person who is incapable of doing so. This occurs when a person is too young, in a coma and etc. The ethical question that always arises is, is it moral to take away someone’s life without their knowing permission or consent, no matter what the situation may be?
Active euthanasia is when the medical professionals, or another person, intentionally does something that causes the patient to die. It is when death is brought n due to an act. This is also known as mercy killing. Passive euthanasia is when someone does something that keeps the patient alive is stopped, allowing them to die. This is when death is brought about by an omission. An example can be switching off life support machines, withholding treatment, the disconnection of a feeding tube and much …show more content…
When it comes down to this form of euthanasia, many people disagree. Those in particular may be family members. If a patient is suffering badly and will no longer want to bear that pain they may give medical professionals the consent to perform this act. The issues that lie here is that life is important and Euthanasia might not be in a person 's best interests. Also many are against this for there are other forms of soothing care to avoid euthanasia as well as Euthanasia kind of exposes defenseless people to pressure to end their lives. For example the story of the young teenage girl named Jerika Bolden. Jerika has Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 2, an incurable genetic disease that often claims lives before adolescence (Collar, 2016). She knew that her condition will only worsen and decide to live in hospice and live her final moments of life doing things that she loves. Her mother disagreed but she wanted to respect her daughter’s decision as well her bravery for doing such. The ethical issue of non-voluntary euthanasia is that it is not fair and shouldn’t be allowed for someone else to make a decision for a person who is incapable of doing so. This occurs when a person is too young, in a coma and etc. The ethical question that always arises is, is it moral to take away someone’s life without their knowing permission or consent, no matter what the situation may be?