euthanasia: right, wrong or in

There are different types of euthanasia such as self-euthanasia, assisted euthanasia, active and passive euthanasia just to name some. An important thing that first needs to be established is the defi

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He has not presented the slippery slope that many people are actually concerned about in the proper context. This helps put the patients mind at ease as most patients are very concerned about the ones that they are leaving behind. Putting one on life support does not take away their pain (may actually cause or increase it) and is not allowing nature to take its course. He also addresses many arguments that oppose his view, which presents a much stronger case. Society is not concerned about just the underprivileged but about the idea of anybody being “killed” before their time, for any reason.

Peck feels that before delving into the issue of euthanasia, a few rights need to be decided on first such as; relieve of physical pain, hospice comfort care, free speech about the human soul and meaning, education on existential suffering, quasi-euthanasia, and non-secular education.

Some other weak points to McIver’s essay are that he presents us with a report of the percentage of people that support physician assistance in dying but never informed us if the poll was dealing with 10 people or 100,000 people. He states that a doctor must always do what is best for his patient (which sometimes is death), thus if the doctor agrees with his patient than it is his responsibility to assist him. He fails, at first, to explain what the Golden Rule is but later explains it.

Another opposition that McIver argues is the idea that euthanasia goes against traditional values and both authors discuss the morality of it. Thus not assisting one in euthanasia when they are terminal, near the end of their life, when there is no quality left to life, and the pain is unbearable, presents more of a breech in the oath.

McIver refutes some of the typical arguments against physician-assisted suicide. McIver defines euthanasia as receiving help from a doctor to end suffering when a patient is hopelessly ill, has no hope of ever recovering despite the best medical care, is fully competent, and acting on their own free will. The rights that he brings up are important for everyone to have although, physician-assisted suicide is for patients that are beyond the point of needing these rights. In a personal interview he stated that he feels that deciding on euthanasia is in fact a decision made out of great inner strength and tremendous thought and reasoning.

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