Euthanasia
Euthanasia, assisted relief, or assisted suicide? Is Euthanasia ethical? Euthanasia comes form a greek word meaning " Good Death". Suicide has always been the subject of great debate. Suicide is generally considered grave and condemned by the 3 main religions, Judiasm, Islam and Christianity, and in Budaism as well. On the pro-life side, the common opinion is that if you assist in someone's suicide, because theyre state of life is not a fit situation, then when does it stop? Who will decide whats fit? The handicapped, The mentally challenged, our Elderly? Who will be next as we strive for a perfect living condition that we kill all those who are "unfit" in their condition to live. This one pro- life states the following, "The physicians we all seek medical help and advice from are there for those reasons, not to harm or kill the trusting patients, as a doctor who performs active euthanasia usually does. Premeditated murder is illegal. Euthanasia is premeditated murder. Therefore, euthanasia is as illegal as premeditated murder.
Today in the United States alone, one in four nurses openly admits to performing some form of euthanasia. In my personal opinion it is very sad when a society has become so greedy that it would place a price on life. When any society chooses to place a price on life, they choose to start pricing a person's worth in this world. Who should be the one to say how much another person is worth? I know that many people in a terminally ill situation would choose suicide as a way to run away from their problems and if euthanasia were to become legal, then the number one cause of death would shortly become suicide." ([link])
And "The first case of active euthanasia was that of Adolph Hitler. In 1930 the Nazis gained control of German Politics. Adolph Hitler wanted to create a society above all the other societies of the world, in what he called, "The Perfect Race." He then proceeded with the extermination of Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, and people with mental or physical impairments. Today in some cases parents want their children who have disabilities to be killed by euthanasia so that they don't have to grow up in this "cruel world." If that is the case then we should have let Adolph Hitler keep his control in Germany in the 1930s. Time hasn't changed, society has.
In the 1990s, people are saying "You can do it, don't give up," and "Live your dreams to the fullest." By making euthanasia legal people will give hope up all too early on ever reaching their goals or dreams, they would rather give up on life when it becomes very difficult to live in which with a little effort their dreams could be made a reality" ([link])
Its obvious that even though the more conservative view is aware its assisted suicide, suicide is still suicide and has never been condoned for government or by our major religious organazations, the more liberal side says that it is the pursuit of happiness, and if you cant stand another moment of pain, you should be free to end your life, you should be free for your pursuit of happiness and isn’t it your choice? The argument is divided when someone has reached a point where they cant communicate their desires, who decided for them if they should go on, and the question remains does anyone actually have that right?