Argumentative Essay On Euthanasia

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According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, Euthanasia is an adjective that is defined as the act of practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy. Euthanasia is a topic that many people see differently, depending on others thoughts and beliefs they may see things differently, this can be outlined in the different types of euthanasia, how society views types of euthanasia in general and my views and the contrary of examples where euthanasia is questioned. Within euthanasia there are different types, these types can be active or passive and voluntary, non-voluntary or involuntary. Active euthanasia can be defined as taking an action which is intended to cause the death of a patient. Passive euthanasia is defined as withdrawing or withholding treatments meant to prolong a patient’s life. Voluntary euthanasia can be defined as a patient that makes the choices to do or not do something. When a patient is not capable to make decisions, and someone else makes the choice on behalf of the patient to do or not do something is considered non-voluntary euthanasia. And the last option of euthanasia is …show more content…

He then developed heart failure and his bones became to decay. He had told a friend of his that he wanted to end his live because of his illness progressing so much. Because his friend was a doctor, he then injected a drug into Freud to end his life (Rachels and Rachels, 100-101). I consider this case a case of active voluntary euthanasia. Because Freud had made the decision to end his life. But with the definition given for physician assisted suicide I would also consider this as what has happened in Freud 's case. In this case it is more clearly state than the others so therefore there is little debate over what type of euthanasia

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