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| Seema |
Posted
on 08-Mar-02 07:03 PM
Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide has been subject of controversy for many years as you know.Some people believe that the right to life entails that life has a scred or holy values, thus one has a natural duty to go on living until the god-determined end point of one's life. And on the other hand, other believe that right to choose and self-determination entail that one has soberreiguty over one's own life, particularly when terminally ill. Thus they believe that one should have the right to euthanasia and physicain assisted suicide and denying the terminally ill is wrong.
So, this Euthanasia and Physician-assisted suicide be morally justified? Should it be ligalized? What u think guys? It does not matter what ever side you take. Just to express your opinian will be great and, make you feel stronger.
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| pro-euthanasia |
Posted
on 08-Mar-02 08:31 PM
Hi seema,
In my religion course last semester, i had to write a paper on euthanasia. Although my hard core lutheran teacher didn't appreciate my arguments in favor of euthanasia, i still believe euthanasia is something that we should legalize. By euthanasia, i mean to say, physical assisted suicide (PAS ). which is not out of ethical boundaries as many people tend to believe. When someone with terminal diseases is challenged with the pain and suffering he/she has to go thru just to survive few days or weeks, it doesn't sound too great to defy him/her request for PAS and force them to live. People against euthanasia and PAS argue that life is a gift or God and that we have no rights to take it. Well, if that's the case then how come it is all right to kill enemies, wouldn't be in the best interest of the trust to avoid getting into war, and let the enemy do what they do thinking that God will take care of it. There are so many things that we cannot just leave upon God and euthanasia is one of them. Imagine the pain the patient with terminall illness has to go thru, not just the physical but also the mental pain of not being able to anything but wait for death. We live in 21st Century, its not time to get too concerned about God and holy values and what not. See what's happening in GUjarat and India, what's happening in middle east and in so many other places. Instead of being so stingy about our religion, our values, we can just help the world in a better way, if we think rationally and get rid of holy values and God. Yeah, PAS is a very sensitive thing and to ensure it doesn't get out of control, government should come up with bills and laws that checks for all possible alternatives before the doctor agrees to take part in any PAS.
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| pro-euthanasia |
Posted
on 08-Mar-02 08:35 PM
sorry,
its not physical assister suicide, but physician assisted suicide................
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| sunakhari |
Posted
on 09-Mar-02 07:19 AM
If research is what you are looking for then you may email me for some material that my organization has. If its opinion you're looking for - hmm will need some more time to think about or merely have a point of view on. This is not something we (as a society) think often about.
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| krishna |
Posted
on 11-Mar-02 04:20 PM
I think Oregon voters who approved a ballot initiative allowing doctor-assisted suicide knew what they were doing and that the feds are totally out of line in their handling of this issue. (If you aren't already aware, Oregon has been on the leading edge of this issue; Oregon voters recently approved doctor-assisted suicide, but were rebuked by attorney general Ashcroft.). Why can one legally kill one's self (say, via alcohol or tobacco abuse) and endanger countless others in the process (via drunk driving & secondhand smoke), yet someone terminally ill and in chronic pain is not allowed to retain a scrap of dignity or self-determination over perhaps the most important event in the human experience. So, my short answer is that you should track the Oregon initiative, if you eant to keep tabs on this issue as it evolves.
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