Voluntary euthanasia is illegal in Australia. It is currently defined as the act of killing a person, who otherwise might not die, to prevent some kind of pain or suffering – with their permission. The subject of permission is what classifies it as voluntary euthanasia, rather than simply the broad subject of euthanasia, which includes involuntary and non-voluntary.
It is my belief that voluntary euthanasia should no longer be considered an unlawful act, as it is done without force, allows the ending of suffering and saves both the money of that patient’s family and that of our health care system.
“The classical utilitarian claim [is] that since self-conscious beings are capable of fearing their own death, killing them has worse effects …show more content…
Voluntary euthanasia’s only purpose is to help patients die a painless death when they wish to in order to avoid the pain they would feel otherwise, be it leading to death or a way of life seen as painful. There are thousands of cases, as with Jeffery Spector, a Swiss man suffering from an inoperable tumour, where patient’s have chosen this fate. Spector’s condition was slowly leading to full body paralysis and in order to save himself and his family from the suffering such a condition would cause them, he decided to end his life. This case is a prime example of how voluntary euthanasia can allow people to avoid being forced to live with great disabilities that will make them unable to take care of …show more content…
This idea, as mentioned by Dr John Lorber, a professor of paediatrics, states that once euthanasia is legalised the importance of human life could come under question, euthanasia becoming more severe and leading to acts of genocide. Not only has such a thing never occurred in the Netherlands, a country in which voluntary euthanasia is legalised, but Peter Singer has addressed this issue in. Singer reasoned that, in the face of Nazi actions, of which Lorber refers to, euthanasia shouldn’t be connected to their enacting of genocide. Mentioning that “Their so-called euthanasia program was not motivated by concern for the suffering of those killed”, so with that stated it is impossible to, with logical reason, believe that through legalising voluntary euthanasia that said disaster had
It is my belief that voluntary euthanasia should no longer be considered an unlawful act, as it is done without force, allows the ending of suffering and saves both the money of that patient’s family and that of our health care system.
“The classical utilitarian claim [is] that since self-conscious beings are capable of fearing their own death, killing them has worse effects …show more content…
Voluntary euthanasia’s only purpose is to help patients die a painless death when they wish to in order to avoid the pain they would feel otherwise, be it leading to death or a way of life seen as painful. There are thousands of cases, as with Jeffery Spector, a Swiss man suffering from an inoperable tumour, where patient’s have chosen this fate. Spector’s condition was slowly leading to full body paralysis and in order to save himself and his family from the suffering such a condition would cause them, he decided to end his life. This case is a prime example of how voluntary euthanasia can allow people to avoid being forced to live with great disabilities that will make them unable to take care of …show more content…
This idea, as mentioned by Dr John Lorber, a professor of paediatrics, states that once euthanasia is legalised the importance of human life could come under question, euthanasia becoming more severe and leading to acts of genocide. Not only has such a thing never occurred in the Netherlands, a country in which voluntary euthanasia is legalised, but Peter Singer has addressed this issue in. Singer reasoned that, in the face of Nazi actions, of which Lorber refers to, euthanasia shouldn’t be connected to their enacting of genocide. Mentioning that “Their so-called euthanasia program was not motivated by concern for the suffering of those killed”, so with that stated it is impossible to, with logical reason, believe that through legalising voluntary euthanasia that said disaster had