Should Euthanasia be legalised in the UK?
Euthanasia is the deliberate killing of an ill person’s life in order to soothe them from the suffering the illness is causing. This act is usually conducted by people with terminal illness; however there are other incidents which lead to euthanasia. In the UK euthanasia is illegal similarly Islamic countries forbid any form of suicide as they believe in the sanctity of life whereas in other countries such as Belgium and Luxembourg this is not the case .Should a person in a lot of pain be allowed to commit suicide to relieve their suffering? And who has the right to deny a person a peaceful ending to their life and stop the suffering permanently? Euthanasia is a very controversial topic and those in favour argue that it’s the patients choice what they do with their life in cases of terminal illnesses the death is inevitable so what is the point in prolonging the process? Others argue that Voluntary euthanasia will eventually lead to involuntary euthanasia and the termination of people deemed as undesirable.
A strong ethical argument against the use of euthanasia is that, Lord Walton, chairman of a House of Lords committee looking into euthanasia says: “We concluded that it was virtually impossible to ensure that all acts of euthanasia were truly voluntary and that any liberalisation of the law in the United Kingdom could not be abused.” Since involuntary euthanasia is indistinguishable from murder it will be hard to identify and regulate murder cases as they can be passed off as involuntary euthanasia leading to the severity of murder as a crime being mediocre since people can escape the consequence using euthanasia. There is also concern that doctors are bestowed with too much power and...
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... used in other situations other than terminal illness is old age and being able to die with dignity before they are unable to go through with simple tasks such as going toilet alone, this is usually they don’t burden their families and retain pride.
In conclusion, there are many reason for both points of views, I personally disagree with the euthanasia as it is a controversial topic and the cons outweigh the pros. I however, agree with many arguments against euthanasia, such as the danger of it transgressing and becoming murder. I believe that voluntary euthanasia can cover up lots of criminal acts, such as murder which can create fear of doctors which comes with the power they have to kill you and get away with it. Allowing euthanasia contradicts the fact that doctors and nurses are supposed to save lives, and therefore I am against the legalisation of euthanasia.
Pamela Bone, a well-known journalist who suffered from multiple myeloma, a terminal cancer of the plasma cells in the blood, once said, “I’m not afraid of being dead. I’m afraid of what you might have to go through to get there.”(Fairfax, 2015). Jack Kevorkian, a well-known medical pathologist who used physician-assisted suicide to help dozens of people, said, “Dying is not a crime.”(ABC News, 2015). There are not very many options for people with severe or terminal illnesses. A terminal illness is a disease that cannot be cured or adequately treated, generally resulting in death over a short period of time. Right-to-die laws give people the choice to stop fighting, and get away from the pain or suffering of their disease.The right-to-die
Death is something almost everyone fears, but the people that aren’t afraid are the ones suffering from terminal disease and other life-threatening illness. Euthanasia and physician assisted suicide are very serious topics in the medical community, as supporters to legalization argue that it’s the right of the person to live or die, while on the other side opponents argue legalizing it me1ans that doctors will have the ability to kill patients and that the government approves it. Euthanasia is legal in multiple countries including Netherlands, Switzerland, and Canada. Physician assisted suicide is legal in a lot of countries including; Germany, Japan, and Switzerland. Euthanasia is widely conversed in the world and has been since it was first
As Dave Anderson said, “it can be as savage as a freak accident or as simple as falling down the stairs to put you in a world of excruciating pain”. Although, no one ever wanted to wish for it, for those who had an unfortunate condition of being diagnosed with incurable disease must have a choice out of it. Beyond the implication of human’s right to live or die, he or she may decide on euthanasia because no one wants to suffer from pain. Not only suffering from the illness but the patient and family member also suffering from crippling debt that often can be brutal and expensive; letting patients went through a long torment just to give them extra days or months. The upshot of this are expensive treatments that the patient has constantly demanded that they rather die. In fact, euthanasia facilitates the patient and the family member to lead the quality of life before death comes to visit. Regardless of the consequence, no one can interfere the patient’s right to free
Here is another essay for you to use! It's alittle screwed up, but perhaps you can do something with it. It was a lot worse than this, it had strange marks all over it and the paragraphs were everywhere. I fixed it a bit, but I would go crazy if I stared at a computer screen any more!!!! Euthanasia, is one of the most controversial issues of our time.
I believe that euthanasia, as a drastic course of action, should not be legal. In my opinion, the only exception to this that should exist is euthanasia being used to carry out punishment for a crime. Euthanasia should only be used to punish criminals who have committed a crime that the punishment of their crime is the death penalty.
For many years the topic of euthanasia caused a mixed reaction in society and it still does. Attention to the issue of euthanasia has increased with the development of social progress, and in particular with the technology to sustain seriously ill people. Relevance of this topic is difficult to overestimate, first, because it is associated with the most expensive a person has - his life, and secondly - because of poor knowledge of the euthanasia problem, lack of underlining it in the writings of scholars-lawyers. Doctors, psychologists, lawyers, religious figures and politicians constantly lead numerous debates upon this issue. However, euthanasia’s practice still has not found a clear common answer to the question of its justification.
Euthanasia is an action that result in the death of a person. There are four types of euthanasia, such as voluntary active euthanasia, nonvoluntary active euthanasia, voluntary passive euthanasia, and nonvoluntary passive euthanasia. Among the four types of euthanasia, voluntary active euthanasia or VAE is the most controversial ethical issue in the United States. It is the killing of a competent patient who decided to end his/her suffering by ending his/her life with the help of the physician. VAE is illegal in the Unites States; however, it is morally just. Voluntary active euthanasia is legitimately moral on the basis of Immanuel Kant’s human dignity, the utilitarian’s Greatest Happiness Principle, and James Rachel’s view of active euthanasia.
are always up for debate by anyone who has an opinion one way or another.
Euthanasia gives the patient the right to die with dignity because it allows them to choose to end their life peacefully and painlessly. It is inhumane to allow people who are close to death to
To live or not to live. This has been the question for many people who have a terminal illness. Many people suffer everyday with terminal illness, and they cannot do anything to improve their conditions. According to the article “Identifying Terminal Illness (TERI) Cases,” a terminal illness is when someone cannot go back to being a healthy person. The patient expects death, and any treatment is not going to do any good to the person. People who have this illness resort to an alternative called euthanasia. Euthanasia is when someone a physician or a family members assist the terminal ill to die by injecting such person with a drug or plugging out the chord that keeps the person alive. While supporters of this technique claim that euthanasia is humane and helpful, other people argue that euthanasia is morally wrong, and inhumane. Euthanasia should be legalize in the United States because it gives an alternative for people who suffer every day due to a terminal illness, but it should be the last resort a patient should take.
The issues in the euthanasia debate usually revolve around patients who are terminally ill and/or suffering intractable pain. The patient must fully think about every aspect of what euthanasia would involve. I think that once a patient is seeking to end his or her life due to illness; they must have a will in place and also note the reason why they want to end their life. Euthanasia does raises lots of worrying ethical dilemmas like in what condition euthanasia can be justify, is there any ethical difference among killing someone and letting them die, is there any right to end the life of an individual who is suffering from serious
Life is viewed as a beautiful and fascinating experience, but once this wonderful appearance of life is taken away from you, the will to live diminishes. Although we would all love to live a long and healthy life, many people are unable to do so when diagnosed with a terminal illness. As the illness begins to take over your body and brings only pain and suffering, death, what most of us fear, sometimes looks a lot more peaceful than life. When someone is terminally ill, I believe that everyone should have the right to die when they no longer can live. In some states, these people are able to make the choice of ending his or her suffering by choosing euthanasia. The English medical word euthanasia comes from the Greek word eu meaning “good”,
...er went on to say that the interpation of euthanasia; is a Greek phrase meaning "good death". The medical community has made many discoveries that has enabled life to be lengthened, even if the patient is terminally ill. "Negative euthanasia has arisen to classify the practice of withholding or withdrawing extraordinary mean(e.g., intravenous feeding, respirators, and artificial kidney machines) to preserve life" (Euthanasia). Positive euthanasia refers to events that in turn, cause death. "Passive uethanasia is used when certain common methods of treatmetn, such as antibotics, drugs, or surgery, are withheld or a large quanity of needed but ultimately lethal pain medicication is supplied" (Euthanasia). The article also mentions that if a patient has a living will; that clearly list their wish to substain from artificial means of life, then the will can be upheld.
Each form of euthanasia also has a set of arguments that accompany them. Some of the common pro euthanasia arguments are the right choice. The patient should be able to be given the option to make the decision to die and to do with dignity. The quality of life argument is another. This is when only the patient knows what it is like to have persistent unstoppable suffering, and pain. Even with pain relievers it is not enough. With the pro arguments comes the cons. The most common cons are guilty, slippery slope to murder, competence, and what the doctor’s role is in all of
Lastly, I support the idea of legalizing euthanasia because the patients own their bodies, and they can do anything with it. Even though the doctor is the one who put the patient to death in a process of euthanasia, the patient is the one who makes the decision to be “killed”, and therefore, euthanasia is a type of physician-assisted suicide, which is not any of other people business.