Voluntary euthanasia

Shinigami’s, or gods of death, are supernatural spirits that invite humans toward death. The gods of death appear throughout the Japanese religion, in many different forms and names. For example, Izanami and Mrtyu-mara appear to make humans want to die, and they give them death ("Shinigami"). In the series Death Note, there are multiple Shinigami’s portrayed as giving humans the ability to die. Death Note 2015 is a well-known television series directed by Ryuichi Inomata, based on the manga…

I discovered most people asking the question of Judas’ afterlife struggle with lives as lived by loved ones or with their own undesirable challenges. How are you to respond to persons concerned with the aftermath of living? We are going to die just as sure as we live. Do we just live, so as to eat and drink and be merry… shouting: “To hell with the rest of the world, I am going to have it my way, baby!” Some have attempted to answer the question based on logic. Others answer the heaven or hell…

assessed by reference to its viability, general accommodation, straightforwardness and numerous different components, and in addition by reference to the requests of Justice and ethical quality. If two people disputing about the morality of euthanasia were to agree to accept the verdict of a third party, any finality so obtained would be illusory. For even after judgment was given either party could still question the moral correctness of the “judge’s” verdict. Moral disputes, unlike…

Imagine being terminally ill patient. Doctors already mentioned that there is no chance of survival. Goodbyes have already said, and you have come to terms with death. Now you are patiently waiting for the illness to kill you. That sounds like a terrible way to die. Many people can agree that they want to die peacefully. Now, what if there was a way for a terminally ill patient to choose how and when to end their lives? Recently, there has a been a controversial topic about whether a patient has…

“Remembering is an ethical act…” “Remembering is an ethical act, has ethical value in and of itself. Memory is, achingly, the only relation we can have with the dead. So the belief that remembering is an ethical act is deep in our natures as humans, who know we are going to die, and who mourn those who in the normal course of things die before us—grandparents, parents, teachers, and older friends. Heartlessness and amnesia seem to go together” (Sontag, 2003, 115). Apparently Susan Sontag has…

Death: the feared five-letter word. Everyone is unsure of what is after scares many. Some believe in an afterlife, just to have some peace of mind. What is indisputable by any is that death is inevitable. Both Dillard and Woolf recognize death as a part of life, but what separates them, is their perception of death. Dillard describes death as something beautiful. She describes it with almost admiration. To Dillard, death is not fatal. And with her use of several different symbols, she gets her…

“It is in accordance…with basic principles of liberty and self-determination, and by allowing a dying person to satisfy his or her own values without posing serious harms to others, it satisfies the requirements of consequentialist, utilitarian moral systems” (Battin, nd). Many people with a terminal illness are dealing with unspeakable suffering, and can do nothing but attempt to control their pain. People want to live a life of dignity and die with dignity. People go through their lives living…

Euthanasia is one of the biggest and endless controversies of legal ethics, health care and religion of this decade, since the society is still intolerant about these issues regardless of the advantages that this act may bring. Yet, according to Lewis and Black (2013), “[c]ountries like Netherland, Belgium and Switzerland practice euthanasia but strictly follows a criterion that applies to an individual’s request for assisted dying” (p. 865). Legalization of euthanasia does not mean that it…

According to the Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, euthanasia is “the act or practice of killing someone who is very sick or injured in order to prevent any more suffering.” Understandably, someone suffering from a terminal illness such as AIDS, cancer, or Alzheimer’s may think it best to put an end to his or her agony as soon as possible. Although many argue that there are good intentions in carrying out this mercy killing, they do not change the fact that euthanasia is murder and should remain…

recognized and followed by the law then in theory, Pretty would be able to practice euthanasia as the choice was made autonomously. One cannot be selective in deciding which individuals could exercise their rights while restricting that of another. The inequality of allowing autonomy and impeding choice proved to be unjust in the case of Pretty and euthanasia. 4.3 Paternalism The laws and regulations that made euthanasia illegal within the United Kingdom acted through a method in what some may…