I believe that all life is precious, and we all have a right to die with dignity. Holding onto life when there is not much hope of maintaining value therein and when the suffering one might be experiencing outweighs the value of their future seems to violate our right to a life with dignity. I do not believe it a controversial perception that a life with distinction is important to the overall enjoyment we all get out of life. Asking someone to go on in a state of extreme unhappiness and suffering, knowing lying in a state of vegetation or extreme indolence does good to few seems a selfish plan to ease our own fear that letting them go insinuates our disrespect for life.
However, as stated earlier, there are situations in which I believe the subject of euthanasia gets more complicated. Non-voluntary active euthanasia merely seems to be unnecessary. Non-voluntary implies that the patient or person in question is incapacitated in such a way that they cannot be directly consulted upon the matter, and someone must make the decision for them. However, if this is the case and they are in such a state, is seems that actively euthanising them would be needless, seeing as most people in those states would not be able to stay alive without the aid of machines, and therefore, passive euthanasia would be sufficient. Another situation I believe euthanasia is n
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