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No, , it's shouldn't individuals is given the gift of life by God and God alone, and only Him can take it away, death is not an individual or collective action/decision of people but a order from God, the likes of Stephen Hawking and many more attest to this, life is sacred, and should be taken as such.
Clothes are made by man. Housing is made by man. Not by GOD! Maybe you should discard yours and live as GOD has intended. Naked and exposed to the elements.
If it's all in GOD's hands anyway, why don't you cross the streets with your eyes closed? Let HIM decide if you live er die, its al part of the divine plan anyway, right?!
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Great one
Well said... I think you'll do well on the pulpits. Insightful! Well done.
Life and death are choices, you choose to live or die. Even Jesus had the choice of not dying,yet He did. Everything about life is choice
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It already is legal in the USSA (United Socialist States of America). I see it everyday in the medical profession. Don't kid yourself. If you don't want it to happen to you when you are incapacitated and unable to make your own decisions, you better have an ironclad legal document signed before it is too late. Otherwise, you better hope your next-of-kin likes you. That being said, I think it is humane to end needless suffering.
it should be legal because of this following reasons:
1. People have the right to die
2. People have the explicit right to choose.
3. Euthanasia is not immoral.
4. Euthanasia protects self-hood and human dignity.
5. Euthanasia does not harm to others.
6. Euthanasia is properly regulated.
7. Everyone has a right to a good death, therefore a good death must not be denied to those who want one.
8. Euthanasia does not shorten lifespans by as much as is portrayed.
9. Euthanasia saves lives.
10. The Hippocratic oath supports euthanasia.
I fully agree with your list of statements!
Hello @drayhazz, I grant you the reason, but you decide your or your relatives, if you wish to die without suffering, this is authorized, but the law would impose other conditions, such as those raised in my comment.
I see no reason why someone should be left to continue to suffer on pain which at the end of the day may still die of the pain , it should be legalized and should also be approved by the victim involved before it will be carried out and moreover reputable laws should be used to guide this so that it can be done the right way and not just ending all life of those in pain as some can still get better.
It should be approved, that is the only way,
I love your answer it make sense
Yes! Because I want it to be applied to me if ever I got into an accident and I'll be useless afterwards. I dont want to be a freeloader to my family.
We can't be too much judgemental for an issue that has many challenging subjectivity related to it. The discussion will have both the side, yes as well as no also the situation of the, environment, laws of the state and most important thing is ethical considerations has to kept on table before making any statement.
Ethically we can't calculate the value or contribution of a person to maintain his life saving expenditure or the cost benifit ratio. If we equate human life equally than we cannot make this legal. That means the XYZ, has equal right to live like the Staphen Halking did.
Practically the ethical issues can't work, we have to decide on the basis of contribution of the terminally ill patient, will the contributions of XYZ be equal to the life saving support he is put on. A hospitalized person needs the aminities equal to 100 poor, illiterate and hungry people. Isn't there ethical considerations human. If it is about human, isn't than an Indian, African or Afghanistani human?
Being in medical profession, as a doctor I have seen the real struggle of people in a hospital. If you check the real situation visit an neurological ward in Indian hospital and decide Euthanasia.
I think if the patient has a terminally ill condition and is on active machine support, he should be provided the Euthanasia support, that means we must draw away his life saving support. The "other ways" must not come to effect. The other ways I mean to say right to die, a normal person must not be allowed to make a decision of his life and the normal I mean a physically as well as physiologically.
I don't think right to die is a rational comment. I don't think it is moral too. If you are human you have to cope with situations you are put by nature. You need to adopt the situation.
Some people think of dignity, when you end your life by self satisfaction, where do the dignity lie.
I believe too in Euthanasia, only in cases of terminally ill diseases. The question may arise who will define the condition of terminally illness. If one is terminally ill today and we remove his life support tomarrow the cure is found. Isn't that injustice to him or her. For the collective good we may be proven wrong sometimes but these are exceptional situations and they will remain there.
In my conclusion I am in favor of Euthanasia but only in terminally ill patients and not with right to death..
Anything done in good faith that might help a person get free of his miseries should not be illegal.Euthanasia directly comes from Greek words"eu" meaning "good" and "thanatos"meaning" death" which means a good death.One should have a right to end his life if he feels that dying would be better than what he has to go through.For example, a brain dead person leads a life which has sufferings beyond measure.He is no better than a vegetable.So why to keep his sufferings if he is not intersted to live such a life?Dying once is far better than dying each moment .Rules and regulations regarding euthanasia are strict and it is done only in cases where it is necessary.It is not murder.So I don't think it should not be legalised as long as the laws regulating it are strict enough to avoid mishaps and help it to serve the proper purpose.
I tip my hat to you! Well said!
@aka-alias That's so nice of you.Thanks.
Yes its legal for me because its the air i only breathe and as a human i decide whats right for me or not. simples :)
I believe that yes, euthanasia should be legal.
Many people would call it "selfish" choosing to end your own life. I beg to differ... I think the selfish are those who are demanding that the terminally ill patient be forced to live in pain for as long as they can possibly extend it.
I don't believe in euthanasia for those who are depressed and suicidal. Having been depressed and suicidal myself in the past, I likely would not have dared ask for such a thing even if it were an available option. Depression is private and something that one faces alone; the despair would not drive you to a doctor to ask for assisted suicide, in my opinion.
But I do believe that for those who are suffering - their pain, their agony, and their lives dragged out when they could finally be at peace - that there should be a way to end that suffering, at a time and place of their choosing with their loved ones by their side, and not interfering with the choice.
Well said!
I hope that if I ever find myself seriously depressed for a prolonged period of time and contemplating suicide, I would try every option available to me to change my life for the better.If all fails, ending ones life should remain an option. We have little choice in arriving in this world but we sure should have the authority to end it!
That sounds lovely :) but many depressed people wouldn't be able to do those things.
When I was deeply depressed it was hard enough to simply get out of bed in the morning. You don't want to do anything, not even shower. Your mind feels like it has been zombied, you are in your own haze-filled world and it's so hard to focus. Sitting in the living room, your gaze constantly wonders over to the kitchen towards the chemicals hidden beneath the sink; there is bleach, cleaner, pesticides, etc under there. And the only thing stopping you from doing the deed, so to speak, is the fear of failure. Of waking up in hospital, your internal organs now ruined for life, because someone dared save you when you wanted it to end.
In that scenario - which I admit was my own though I never attempted to follow through - I supposed euthanasia would truly be a lovely option. Peace at last. But I'm not entirely sure a suicidal person could physically take themselves to the doctor and request their end. It's a huge feat just to finally request anti-depressants (which make you feel just as zombied, but numbs the other stuff)
(Sorry, this unexpectedly turned into a giant ramble! It's morning where I am and fesh-morning-caffeine has attacked my posting) :D
((Also; just want to clarify that I'm not longer depressed, but at ease with talking about the past))
Hi and good morning to you!
Depression indeed has a paralyzing effect. It's really terrible and I'm sorry you had to go through that. I'm also glad to read you'r no longer depressed.What factor or factors finally helped you out of your depressed stupor?
Good morning! :D
Honestly... I don't remember. I don't remember much of that time period at all. I've been sitting here trying to recall what helped, and I can't quite place a specific factor.
Actually... I think it was the birth control pill. That's when it all started. And when I stopped taking it, my hormones and emotions reverted to a normal human cycle, and things became clear again. Ten years of controlling medication designed to help the woman // Ten years of depression that increased in severity every year until I literally could cope no longer.
((But I've kind of digressed from the original topic, haha.))
But it goes to show that depression can be caused by any number of things, whether it's a chemical imbalance, a terrible burden in one's life, a medication that one may be taking, etc. And there is likely something that can be done to help relieve it/fix it without resorting to euthanasia in that instance.
It's interesting you mention birth control.
A lot of woman start taking birth control pills on a young age and you are not the first one I've heard say that it is a world of difference if you use them or not. It especially seems to be terrible for the libido. For some woman I've talked to it was quite te revelation as they could barely remember a time before taking them.
It doesn't seem to be common knowledge however. But maybe it just seems that way to me, being a man.
My family and I had personal experience how hard it is to decide on to continue the fight of my Papa against Lung Cancer or to just sign the paper that states that the doctor will no longer revive him whenever he experiences cardiac arrest again. It is only the machines that make my Papa live. At first, my Mama did not sign the paper because she saw that my Papa was still fighting despite all the tubes that are connected to him from his mouth to his nose and to his stomach. But when my Papa had another cardiac arrest, it was my Mama who stopped the doctor from reviving my Papa. We can really see in Papa's eyes that he is in deep pain and he is already tired. But he wants to fight for us his children. But we can no longer take on seeing him like that. So we all decided to set him free.
So based on my experience, should euthanasia be legal?
My answer is a big YES.
Because it hurts so much to see your loved one fight even if no matter what we do and no matter how long we wait, they will never be okay again. We are just lengthening their suffering. There are fights that are worth fighting for. But there are also fights that are worth surrendering for. Especially those fights that no matter what we do, we will never win.
Thanks for your reply, and my condolences for your situation. I do agree when someone doesn't want to fight anymore should not be left to live a life he/she doesn't want. Thanks for joining!
Thank you too. :)