The breakthrough of medicine, nutrition and technology has brought forth much
prosperity to the welfare of life. The life expectancy rate has risen. Nutrition is known
to be at its best and technology has taken mankind to the moon. However, prosperity is
not the only thing that these three has brought. It brought about the nightmare of
considering euthanasia into our lives. The greatest nightmare is that the profession that is
supposed to preserve the life of mankind may have the power to end it. After seeing
news of vicious and brutal acts involving individuals such as Dr. Jack Kevorkian, it has
come to my attention that everyone in this professional field cannot be trustworthy and
sane. As in the past, where they were known only to be healers, the twentieth century
brings a different side to these intellectuals. Society has given great expectations to these
doctors, including a well-rounded education. As this has happened, the concept of the
doctor-patient care seems to have decreased greatly. This issue has caused great interest
and concern. However this is not the main concern. The actual concern is to question
what would happen if euthanasia were to be allowed as part of our lives. This is why I
feel that euthanasia should not be legalized.
The main argument against euthanasia is whether it is actual murder or not.
Supporters of euthanasia claim that it is not actual murder for if the patient requests his
own death, everything should be at the responsibility of the patient. The doctor is simply
just a figure that is at the side of the patient. Those against euthanasia view this in a
different way. If a criminal had a plot to rob a bank along with a driver, who is the actual
accomplice? The obvious answer is the bank robber himself but shouldn't the driver also
be convicted since he helped the bank robber? This seems exactly the same way the
doctors may perform thei...