Do People Have The Right To Die Essay

Allison Smith
Philosophy of Law
5-2-16

Do People Have the Right to Die?

Thesis statement: The question of whether or not an individual has the right to decide to end their life when they are suffering from terminal illness has long been at the center of many debates for a long time. This is perhaps because American society has often taken the stance that the life of the human being is sacred and therefore we must do whatever is needed to protect it. It is for this reason that the thought of a doctor assisting in ending a human life even when a person is suffering from terminal illness is quite taboo. However I take the view that a person faced with terminal illness does hold the right to choose to end their life with the assistance of a

I also hope to view that giving the person the right to decide when and how to end their life when suffering from a terminal illness is also a way of preserving the quality of an individual’s life when they are faced with terminal illness. I take the view that evening individual the right to choose when and how to end their life when suffering from terminal illness help them to preserve the quality of their life because it gives them the option to end their life before they begin to lose themselves. I say this because often diseases like Cancer and Alzheimer’s can cause an individual’s brain to deteriorate therefore the individual who is suffering from the disease is gone before their body succumbs to the disease. Therefore given the person the option to end their life before this happens allows them to choose how they want their last days with her family and friends to be remembered. I find that giving the person who is suffering from a terminal illness the right to secure their legacy in this way to be a far more life-affirming way of preserving the sanctity of an individual’s life than forcing them to suffer a long and painful death from a terminal