What is Euthanasia? Well it is a way of ending the life of a person if they are suffering. Usually being a sick person that has no chance of recovering and will just be in pain for the rest of their life. Now Euthanasia comes from Greek words having eu meaning good and thanatos meaning death. So instead of living a terrible painful death they would have euthanasia to end it giving them a good ending of their life. In 1870, a person named Samuel Williams proposed using morphine and anesthetics to end a patient's life. Then 35 years go by having people debate about euthanasia being a ok thing to do to people. 1906 there was an Ohio bill to legalize euthanasia but it ended up getting defeated.
There are different types of euthanasia for how people can die. The first one is the active authanasia which is killing a patient by active means. For example, injecting someone with a lethal dose of a drug to kill them. Next one would be the passive euthanasia and that is by intentionally letting a patient die by withholding life support. Like not giving them a ventilator or feeding tubes or if they are on them removing them. Another one would be if the patient wants to die and could be giving the option known as voluntary euthanasia. There are a lot more types of euthanasia that are kind of like the same thing but having different ways and techniques on how they do it. But in the end they are killing the patient so they don't suffer the pain they would if they kept on living.
They're more people discussing on euthanasia arguing if killing the patients is an ok thing to do rather then them living their life until they die on their own causes. There are also claims about how people have the own rights to what they want to do when they want to die. Then people argue of mercy killing or people that are in no chance of recovery letting them take useless treatments that won't affect them. One big one is about killing vs letting them die and how it ends up being the same ending with the patient dead. Everyone's morality is about having a person die from natural causes is not as bad as compared to actually physically ending someones life especially an innocent person.
Questions:
What do you think about Euthanasia?
Do you believe it is ok?
What type of Euthanasia would you go for?
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I think Euthanasia can be good in some situations like for example if someone is in a lot of pain and theres no hope for their recovery and they don't want to die a painful death. I think its ok as long as the person being euthanized requests it/gives consent for it to happen. I would go for active euthanasia becuase it would be a less painful way to die.
I agree because I wouldn't want to see anyone suffering if they have no chance or hope in surviving. It is really sad to see someone suffering especially if it is one of your loved ones.
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