Euthanasia

Euthanasia Euthanasia One of the greatest moral and legal controversies facing courts throughout the century is whether euthanasia, assisted suicide, should be legalized. This pressing global issue is a major concern in many cases involving terminal illnesses. There is an ongoing debate of whether the state's interest in protecting life should take precedence over an individuals right to a dignified life. Euthanasia is assumed by some to be a merciful escape for those suffering from a terminal illness. From this perspective, a life should not be continued unless it is a wanted life, which suggests that there are some lives not worth living. However, the present law preventing assisted suicide is morally, legally, and spiritually justified. The legalization of doctor assisted suicide would imply that the government approves of murder under certain circumstances. Therefore, Legalizing euthanasia would not accord with society's values and morals. Killing is unconstitutional and to allow it would breach the law's moral code. The purpose of banning euthanasia is similar to Canada's policy against capital punishment. Both objectives are connected to the importance society places in protecting the sanctity of human life. The active participation by an individual in the death of another is clearly unethical. By legalizing euthanasia there is a chance that this law can be abused and result in the deaths of individuals who life, should, euthanasia, suicide, one, latimer, end, assisted, suffering, power, murder, lives, law, individuals, however, god, whether, vulnerable, therefore, take, preventing, people, over, mr, moral, legalizing, law's, killing, human, escape, creation, believe, abuse, years, worth, living, whether, someone, whereas, wanted, voluntarily, values, value, upheld, unethical, undergo, under, unconstitutional, trying, truly, tracy, seek