Voluntary euthanasia

Can death be dignified? Is death the only thing that can be dignified? There are three tragedies that deal with the concept of dignified death and what makes it dignified. In the Greek tragedy Antigone by Sophocles, King Creon indirectly causes the deaths of many because he selfishly keeps a girl from honoring her dead brother. In the tragedy Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Brutus kills his best friend for the good of the majority. In the biography Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, Chris…

Just a few months ago before I moved to the US my grandmother got hospitalized due to her age and her physical condition. Fortunately, I had the chance to pay a call. In a white, cold room that’s no bigger than my bedroom, I saw a fragile body of my grandma laying on a mattress graves of pain with hoses attached to her body connecting to a monitor. At that time, I feel really sorry for her, yet I can’t do anything about it. I do really want to take off that burden from her, release her from any…

If a person is on the line of death in a long and slow way, they should have the right to end their suffrage and life in a comfortable way. This can be done by something known as mercy killing and sometimes known as euthanasia. Mercy killing is when a doctor directly ends with their patient’s life, this is done in order to put the patient out of its suffrage and relieve them from an incurable and terminal condition. It creates an enormous controversy if mercy killing should be allowed to any…

For the entirety of the novel, The Book Thief, Mark Zusak encompasses diction that is both insipid and connotative simultaneously. Similarly, in the passage above, Zusak employs diction that is not very convoluted, but these simple words are composed of various deeper meanings. In the passage above , Death recollets on the retrieval of the soul of Johann Hermann. Johann Hermann is the son of the Mayor’s wife , Ilsa Hermann , who lost his life in battle during World War I. Death in its…

knowing that by declining their request you led to them taking their lives i can truly see why Tutu’s supports the right to die after witnessing the story of Schonegevel. “I wouldn't want to be unnecessarily kept alive against my own will” ( Irwin,"Euthanasia: The Right to Die Should Be a Matter of Personal Choice”). What Michael Irwin stated a lot of advocates on the “Right to Die Act” would agree to because the patients such as Rehm and Schonegevel felt…

Why do so many people wonder about death? What is the mystery of death, some even dream about it, sing about it, and talk about it. Death is many things to many people but, that is this death really? It is define in my text book as when you stop breathing and your brain is no longer functioning (Leming & Dickinson, 2016, p. 49). Whatever it is, many would say that is death and sexuality are considered exotic and yet familiar (Leming & Dickinson, 2016, p. 3). So let's take a look at how…

In natural death, suicide, accidental death, and homicide the finished result's exactly identical that it ends up in the loss of a person's life. Natural death happens as a result of one factor that is triggered by the person, like heart disease, maturity or cancer. this is often one thing that acts to end the period of the person. An accidental death is one factor that is triggered by the behavior of the person, falling down the steps, an automotive accident, this happens thanks to An accident…

Assisted dying should be legalized. The problem of legalizing assisted dying has been long under discussion. However, people are still in two minds about it. Some of them think that euthanasia should be legalized to stop people’s agony, while others are their ardent opponents. Personally, I belong to the group of people who think that assisted dying should not be legalized for several reasons. Firstly, the law of assisted dying could be abused by doctors, members of family,…

Otzi is the oldest ice mummy: 5,300 years old. The mummified, body of Ötzi was discovered in 1991 by no attention by some two German tourists. The body, stuck in the Schnalstal glacier, offers a glimpse at the European Copper Age. Ever since this mystery has been discoveried, everybody has wanted to know why the mysterious Iceman died. In 2000, the body was temporarily in for investigation. It appeared that his last meal was made of unleavened bread and some greens, but also venison, thus the…

In the arena of death and dying, the most important bioethical issue is euthanasia, which is the practice of ending life for reasons of mercy. There are two types of euthanasia, active euthanasia is deliberately ending someone’s life, and passive euthanasia is allowing a person to die by withholding available treatment. (Kail and Cavanaugh, 2008, pp. 555) On the other hand there is physician-assisted suicide, which is a process in which physicians provides dying patients with a fatal dose of…