Some nations like Belgium, and Netherlands allow euthanasia because of some rational reasons, but Korea still regards euthanasia as an illegality. However, in 2009, Korean Supreme Court finally handed down the decision that accepted a woman's death with dignity and ordered to remove her artificial respiratory machine. Till this decision was handed down, there was a long, long court struggle. Is it a watershed that Korean society become generous to euthanasia? Or, is it just a proof that euthanasia is still hard to be done in Korea? Through this essay, I will explain the reason why euthanasia should be allowed in Korea for three reasons; human's right to die in dignity, burden to patients' families and themselves, and unrelatedness with social atmosphere that neglects life. First of all, every human has a right to take a charge and die in dignity. As an example of this point, there was a British man who won a suit that he asked the hospital to stop his meaningless extending life. He suffered from stroke and paralysis caused by stroke, and he wanted to die with dignity as a human. He and his family thought that there's no hope as her wife said, "nothing is going to get better". Then court respected their decision. In other words, court recognized one's right to die in dignity. Even in Korea, there was a similar case. As previously stated, in 2009, an elderly woman who became a vegetable because of brain damage which broke out in the process of screen for cancer got the right to rest in peace. Her family and proponents of their decision, argue that prohibiting euthanasia is depriving her of right to maintain dignity as a human. In addition, according to liberalism all people have freedom to do what they want to do except to har... ... middle of paper ... ...bortion applying to the law about health of mother and child. The law stipulates the permissible cases in detail. This kind of preparing regulation also applies to disputation about euthanasia. If there are proper regulations that stipulate the allowable cases circumstantially, It can prevent people from neglecting life. In conclusion, euthanasia should be allowed in Korea. I gave three reasons through this essay. Let me repeat theses again. As a human, we all have own right to die in dignity and prohibiting euthanasia obstructs this right. Secondly, patients' families and patients themselves undergo some troubles in financial and also emotional way. Finally, euthanasia is not related to social atmosphere that neglects life. Even though it causes that atmosphere, proper regulations can prevent this. For these reasons, euthanasia should be allowed in Korea.
In this essay, I will discuss whether euthanasia is morally permissible or not. Euthanasia is the intention of ending life due to inevitable pain and suffering. The word euthanasia comes from the Greek words “eu,” which means good, and “thanatosis, which means death. There are two types of euthanasia, active and passive. Active euthanasia is when medical professionals deliberately do something that causes the patient to die, such as giving lethal injections. Passive euthanasia is when a patient dies because the medical professionals do not do anything to keep them alive or they stop doing something that was keeping them alive. Some pros of euthanasia is the freedom to decide your destiny, ending the pain, and to die with dignity. Some cons
In “You Say Murder, I Say Euthanasia,” Rayner commences the article by describing the exhibits of the Science Museum. One exhibit that the author discusses has a personal computer that operates as a euthanasia machine. The machine was given to the museum from the Voluntary Euthanasia Research Foundation of Australia. Many disabled people and euthanasia advocates relate differently to these exhibits presented in the museum. Rayner then introduces her proposal stating that complex cases, sometimes involving facts that are sometimes overlooked by court systems, need to be carefully examined individually (Rayner 31). Her proposal is based on the fact that the number of people who want voluntary euthanasia is small compared to the numbers who do not want treatment for euthanizing purposes. Legislation has offered laws that prohibit euthanasia in many areas but also permit it in other areas. Laws regarding euthanasia are useless when contemplating whether to euthanize a human being due to the fact that every case is unique.
Foot believes that a system of routine euthanasia could potentially lead to widespread abuse and injustice, and the perversion of the idea that an act of euthanasia is for the benefit of the one suffering, and may be instead performed as an act to reduce any potential societal burden (Foot 109). She showcases an example of one such abuse in the case of infants with Down’s syndrome born with intestinal blockage not being operated on, despite the fact that with this procedure children with Down’s syndrome can live a relatively normal life with a decent standard of “goods” (Foot 109). She also fears that those who are dependent upon others would begin to see themselves as burdens on their families and would desire to be dead rather than continue to inconvenience others. She writes: “Many people want, and want very badly, to be rid of their elderly relatives and even of their ailing husbands or wives.” (Foot 111). She believes that it would be incredibly difficult to devise proper legal safeguards against this kind of abuse and so it is better to allow but not encourage some forms of euthanasia, so as to prevent the formation of complacency to it within
“No problem is solved by destroying the thing involved” (Fenigsen). Euthanasia could be defined as destroying the person with the problem in general terms. By euthanizing the person with the disease, nothing substantial is accomplished. By legalizing euthanasia, doctors are taking advantage of the power they are given to heal people. Also, patients feel pressured to make decisions they might not necessarily want to make. The medical field is focused on euthanasia as an option to actually treating the patients, so patients do not feel safe being admitted into hospitals. These are major problems that are being produced due to the use of euthanasia. Although the legalization of euthanasia in the Netherlands was meant to ease the suffering of patients, the abuse of this decision has led to inhumane and immoral decision making in the healthcare community.
Merriam-Webster defines euthanasia as “the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy.” As a globally issues, euthanasia is always in controversial. Swanton,D argued that euthanasia protects the rights of individuals and the freedom of religious expression. Additionally, Sydeny,D outlines europe’s increasing acceptance of euthanasia which may mean that euthanasia is a preferable choice for people. Conversely, Fagerlin, A PhD from University of Michigan Medical School and Carl E. Schneider, JD from University of Michigan Law School suggest the great distortion of living wills if euthanasia is allowed. What is
To die with dignity is everyone wish. Euthanasia is the practice of ending a life that releases the person from an incurable disease. It’s a quiet, easy and painless death. This can be done by doctors on patient’s wish. Previously, doctor was the person who treating the patient as companion. Now a doctor is person who cure the disease, but will not be companion always. What will never show sign of change is patient’s unbearable pain. Many times there is nothing a specialist can do to cure disease, except to wait for death of a patient. This make the patient and surrounding them to suffer. Thus to consent to euthanasia makes an individual free from increasing suffer, less economic burden and feel glad on self-choice.
Presently, many cases of euthanasia had occurred around the world. Many a time we will stop and ask whether the person has anymore hope to live as a normal person. At the end it is left to the court to decide whether the people live or die. But why does the patient or the guardian choose euthanasia when they can live a longer time with their loved ones. Some might ask whether it is worth to see your loved ones suffering, wouldn’t it be better to end the suffering? To answer this question we must know what euthanasia means. According to Fergusson(1992) euthanasia which comes from the Greek word ‘eu-thanatos’ which means “well death” or “good death”(Fergusson, A. 1992). Besides that according to the oxford dictionary sixth edition (1986) the definition of euthanasia is to” bring about gentle death especially in the case of incurable and painful disease”. According to the Journal of the Americans Medical Association (as cited in BBC,n.d) there are more than one way of defining good death(BBC,n.d). This means that good death is define according to one personal view of euthanasia or when he is in a situation that is critical to his health. Some people want to die a death that involves less pain. According to BBC(n.d) voluntary euthanasia happens when voluntary death is define as the request for mercy killing is done (BBC,n.d). According to BBC(n.d) non-voluntary euthanasia happens when the patient is unconscious(BBC,n.d).
Euthanasia is the intentional causing of a painless death. Euthanasia should be legal in every state. It is already legal in some areas and if put to a vote in every state, it most likely would become legal. Every state resident should be given the opportunity to vote on the issue. It should also the right of a competent patient to decide his own life, or death. If it is within an individual's rights to commit suicide it should be legal to ask for help if needed.
Euthanasia means different things to different people. The definition provided by www.euthanasia.com states that euthanasia is “the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit. (The key word here is "intentional". If death is not intended, it is not an act of euthanasia)”. There are several key definitions listed on the euthanasia site such as voluntary euthanasia, involuntary euthanasia, assisted suicide, and euthanasia by action or omission. There are those who feel that euthanasia is an act of compassion at the end of ones life, while others such as www.euthanasia.com state that they “are committed to the fundamental belief that the intentional killing of another person is wrong.” The information outlined in this paper will help the reader to identify an understanding of what euthanasia is, how this practice is viewed by the rest of the world where the services are legal, the pros and cons, the affect it has on healthcare workers, patient centered experiences, as well as what patients use as an alternative to this practice.
Euthanasia - the termination of a person's life with the aim of getting rid of his pain and suffering with an incurable disease (Euthanasia).Currently adult euthanasia legalized in different forms in countries such as Colombia and Japan, as well as the U.S. states of Oregon, Vermont and Washington, and in some European countries: namely, Netherland and Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland(Belgium has taken the unprecedented law on child euthanasia).At this time, the topic of euthanasia is very relevant, as pass many debates on this subject and its resolution. The purpose of the essay is the estimation of the positive and negative aspects of euthanasia. The study will begin with comparing benefits and drawbacks of euthanasia.
Euthanasia has been an ongoing debate for many years. Everyone has an opinion on why euthanasia should or should not be allowed but, it is as simple as having the choice to die with dignity. If a patient wishes to end his or her life before a disease takes away their quality of life, then the patient should have the option of euthanasia. Although, American society considers euthanasia to be morally wrong euthanasia should be considered respecting a loved one’s wishes. To understand euthanasia, it is important to know the rights humans have at the end of life, that there are acts of passive euthanasia already in practice, and the beneficial aspects.
Because passive euthanasia is accepted by the American Medical Association in cases where it is clear the patient has no reasonable hope of living without the aid of a machine, passive euthanasia is not as controversial as active euthanasia. This paper will focus on the controversial morality issues regarding active voluntary or involuntary euthanasia, the ending of a persons life by lethal injection with or without the patients consent. Unless oth...
Euthanasia is very controversial topic in the world today. Euthanasia, by definition, is the act of killing someone painlessly ,especially someone suffering from an incurable illness. Many people find euthanasia morally wrong, but others find people have control over thier own bodies and have a right to die. A solution to this problem is to have the patient consent to euthansia and have legal documentation of the consent.
Euthanasia, according to the dictionary, means the killing of a person who is suffering from an incurable disease. Lately, it had been a huge debate over whether euthanasia should be legalized or not. Personally, I believe that euthanasia should be legalized if it is voluntary. I have three reasons for my argument.
Euthanasia is a word that comes from ancient Greece and it refers to “good death”. In the modern societies euthanasia is defined as taking away people’s lives who suffer from an incurable disease. They usually go through this process by painlessness ways to avoid the greatest pains that occurs from the disease. A huge number of countries in the World are against euthanasia and any specific type of it. One of the most important things being discussed nowadays is whether euthanasia should be legalized or not. This essay will focus on comparing positive and negative aspects of euthanasia in order to answer to the question whether euthanasia should be legal or not.