Euthanasia_Argument

Euthanasia Argument Affirmative Brief The terminally ill should not have access to euthanasia. 1.Euthanasia is not right because it actually kills a living human being. a. The patient may be depressed temporarily or may undergo a change of mind. Rachels, James. “New England Journal of Medicine: Active and Passive Euthanasia.” Vol. 292, 1975. “… We never have sufficient evidence to be justified in believing that a dying persons request to be helped to die is rational, enduring, and genuinely voluntary.” b. Violates crucial differences between passive and active procedures. Nett, Valerie. “Doctor- assisted Suicide and Euthanasia.” November 1997. http://www.geocites.com It is one thing to administer drugs like morphine which it foreseen to shorten life, whereas to give an overdose to intentionally end someone’s life is killing a human being. 2. Euthanasia is a moral issue. a. Bad consequences would follow. J. Rachels, The End of Life: Euthanasia: Morality. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986). Family members can feel guilt and pain that they allowed this to happen. The lost of a loved one is a very hard thing to deal with let alone knowing that a relative has been killed intentionally. b. It is God’s place to decide the time and place of a person’s death. McCuen, G.E. (1994) “Doctor Assisted Suicide and the Euthanasia Movement.” Hudson, euthanasia, life, doctor, patient, thing, suicide, rachels, place, passive, oxford, one, new, moral, medicine, mccuen, intentionally, human, give, end, dying, between, being, assisted, active, 1997, york, wi, whereas, voluntary, vol, violates, very, valerie, university