English 203
Dr. Dania Adra
23rd October 2015
Mercy Killing
Euthanasia is composed of two Greek
words meaning “Good Death”. Which is referred as mercy killing in English. They
argue that there is mercy and good in killing in some cases. But the question
is how do you decide and what are you standards for allowing it? Some people
consider it acceptable for ill adults, but not for children. Well, you’re not
being any better than Hitler when he used to kill who wasn’t mentally and
physically healthy enough. As you see those standards will differ from one
person to another. In addition, you’re not the one that gave the life, then you’re
not allowed to take it away. Referring to the text “You should be allowed to
choose how you want to end your life.”, then why suicide is considered to be a
sled-crime, isn’t the one committing it choosing the way he wants to die. Also,
since when giving up was a way of dying in dignity as stated in the text “right
to die in dignity”. This has nothing to do with dignity. Instead, it is an act
of losing hope and giving up. People should always keep trying and enrich their
lives with hope because no one knows what happens. Miracles do exist.
Moreover, I do feel bad for the patient’s
family, especially for the ones suffering severely, as they do also feel part of
the pain “To see your close ones suffering is not an easy situation to handle.”
and that will sure exhaust the patient. Maybe by giving
up they’ll be relieving the suffering, “It is a practice of ending the life of
a person or animal in a painless or minimally painful way for merciful reasons
usually to end the suffering of a patient before death.” Anyway, the pain will stop one day. It’s just a matter of time.
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