Euthanasia: People Should Have The Right To Choose

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or passive euthanasia. Many are against active euthanasia
because in this case you actually kill the person rather than letting them die.
But both methods are used for the same end which is to end someone's life
without further pain for the patient as well as for the family. The only choice
to make after this fact is established is which of these means better carries
out the end. James Rachels, a philosophy professor, says that, "if one simply
withholds treatment [in the way of passive euthanasia], it may take the patient
longer to die, and so he may suffer more than he would if more direct action
were taken and a lethal injection given." (Rachels, p.111) This defeats the
purpose of euthanasia which is to end suffering. Therefore, in cases where
euthanasia is going to be carried out, active euthanasia is the better choice.
The problem with euthanasia then lies in defining the conditions under
which it would be carried out. Cases where depression or painful, though ...

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