Euthanasia Essay - Let Them Die! :: Euthanasia Physician Assisted Suicide

Euthanasia - Let Them Die Euthanasia is one of societys most widely and hotly debated moral issues. Ithas pained and exhausted the courts for entirely as well as long, questioning theethics and morality of the issue. It is a never-ending loop that by no meansconsiders our right, or the victims right, to freedom. It has pierced thepocket books of American taxpayers extensively and should be put to rest withonly this statement. Let them die I believe that mercy killing is only debated and kept on the political agenda tokeep the courts busy, thereby ensuring the security of political pocket books.The vast majority of the population is in favor of euthanasia. However, theirelected candidates dont represent their views (Humphry). Thus eliminatingtheir power of democracy and right to freedom. In this essay I will argue thateuthanasia is not a concern of religious ethics but kind of an entitlement offreedom. Euthanasia is typically scattered into two categories 1. Active euthanasia The act of ...administering a lethal drug, or using othermeans that cause a persons death (MacKinnon, 126). 2. Passive euthanasia Stopping (or not starting) some treatment, which allows aperson to die, the persons condition causes his or her death, (MacKinnon, 126). Active euthanasia is typically the more highly debated of the two acts ofeuthanasia and is bettor known because of the actions of Dr. Jack Kevorkian, whohas aided in many successful suicides. Passive euthanasia, on the other hand, is rarely debated and usually neverenters the minds eye because it is typically looked at as letting someone dienaturally. In passive euthanasia one simply refuses treatment with theknowledge that death is imminent. This offers little debate for several(prenominal)reasons, primarily because it is seen as a natural way of dying. The exception,however, is that some religions refuse to accept treatment with the knowledgethat without the treatment they will die. For example in the credence of theJeho vahs Witness, a child, who has been in a vicious car accident and is inneed of blood, will die rather that accept treatment. This kind of passiveeuthanasia would come under much scrutiny, but be accepted because it is tied toreligious convictions. In either case, active or passive, the victim will die. thither is essentially nodifference between them. From herein both active and passive euthanasia will notbe separated but rather both will be referred to simply as euthanasia. It willbe the primary interest of this paper to focus on and address the concerns of