"The third night that I roomed with Jack in our tiny double room, in the solid-tumor ward of the cancer clinic of the National Institute of Health in Maryland, a terrible thought occurred to me. Jack had a melanoma in his belly, a malignant solid tumor that the doctors guessed was the size of a softball. The doctors planned to remove the tumor, but they knew Jack would soon die. The cancer had now spread out of control. Jack, about 28, was in constant pain, and his doctor had prescribed an intravenous shot, a pain killer, and this would control the pain for perhaps two hours or a bit more. Then he would begin to moan, or whimper, very low, as though he didn't want to wake me. Then he would begin to howl, like a dog. When this happened, he would ring for a nurse, and ask for the pain-killer. The third night of his routine, a terrible thought occurred to me. 'If Jack were a dog, I thought, what would be done to him?' The answer was obvious: the pound, and the chloroform. No human being with a spark of pity could let a living thing suffer so, to no good end." (James Rachel's The Morality of Euthanasia) .
The experience of Stewart Alsop, a respected journalist, who .
died in 1975 of a rare form of cancer gave an example on the morality .
of euthanasia. Before he died, he wrote movingly of his experiences .
with another terminal patient. Although he had not thought much about .
euthanasia before, he came to approve of it after sharing a room with .
Jack. While growing up, each of us learns a large number of rules of .
conduct. Which rules we learn will depend on the kind of society we .
live in and the parents and the friends we have. We may learn to be .
honest, to be loyal, and to work hard. Sometimes we learn a rule .
without understanding its point. In most cases this may work out, for .
the rule may be designed to cover ordinary circumstances, but when .
faced with unusual situations, we may be in trouble.
In Scotland 81% think euthanasia should be legal. ... With this growing support for euthanasia, and with a little luck, there is a possibility for a change in the law. 2 Euthanasia's biggest competitor is morality. Many religions feel euthanasia is a sin. ... These views of morality are being challenged in society today by individual rights. ... That is why euthanasia should be legal. ...
For the articles, "A Plea for Chimps" by Jane Goodall, "The Ethics of Euthanasia" by Lawrence J. ... Schneiderman, the author of the article "The Ethics of Euthanasia", believes that people should not promote nor ban euthanasia. ... Similarly, "no one claims to like euthanasia. ... Schneiderman of "The Ethics of Euthanasia", and Jack Kevorkian of "A Case of Assisted Suicide" describes a situation in which human morality plays a vital role. They each had a different view of morality that they used to resolve their situation. ...
Legalizing Euthanasia The word euthanasia comes from a Greek phrase meaning "good death-; identified by David Cundiff in his book Euthanasia is not the answer (1). Many years ago euthanasia was something unacceptable for society, but now a days euthanasia should be legalized. ... There are two different types of euthanasia: "active euthanasia- and "passive euthanasia."" ... Hall, a professor of sociology and philosophy at West Virginia State College and the author of several books and articles on morality and ethics, contends that withdrawing life-sustaining treatments from dying patien...
EUTHANASIA Euthanasia has become one of the most essential public policy issues being debated among people around the world for decades. The issue has affected family relationships, interaction between doctors and patients, and concepts of basic morality. ... The central issue for many people is whether euthanasia is legal or not. ... However, euthanasia is legal in Oregon. ... It is time to think rationally about reality and not idealism or morality. ...
Affirmative Brief The terminally ill should not have access to euthanasia. 1.Euthanasia is not right because it actually kills a living human being. ... "Doctor- assisted Suicide and Euthanasia." ... Euthanasia is a moral issue. ... Rachels, The End of Life: Euthanasia: Morality. ... Euthanasia violates medical ethics. ...
Euthanasia can be subdivided into active and passive euthanasia. ... Before talking about the morality of these issues, we must first understand why they even occur in our society. ... Therefore in all cases of euthanasia, active euthanasia must be chosen over passive euthanasia. ... Even if we cannot ascertain the morality of active euthanasia directly, we can most certainly claim that breaking a vow is immoral. ... Active euthanasia calls for a physician to kill an innocent human being, and this is something that morality simply cannot stand for. ...
In total, there are six different ways in which euthanasia can occur: Active euthanasia, which is the active intervention by a doctor to terminate a patient's life; Passive ethanasia, the deliberate withholding of the patient's medical treatment with the intention to terminate life; Voluntary euthanasia, on request of the terminally ill patient, asking to recieve medical treatment in order to die; Involuntary euthanasia, ending an able patient's life against their will, or just plain murder; Non-voluntary euthanasia, ending the life of a patient that is incapable of giving permi...
The term euthanasia is not new to the twentieth century. ... It is not surprising that there is so much variation from state to state, because doctors themselves do not agree on the morality of active euthanasia. The debate, revolving around euthanasia, is based on several questions: Is euthanasia ethical? ... Is euthanasia ethical? ... The most famous practitioner of euthanasia is Dr. ...
