Final Premise

Background

Euthanasia has been legalized in some countries and yet it is still illegal in some countries. This makes this act both legal and illegal depending which country you are in. Both parties opposing and proposing euthanasia have sufficient reasons for their support or dismiss of the act of euthanasia. Mine is to determine is this act ethically correct or wrong (Draper, 1998).

Reasons for Euthanasia

Right to die

Everyone has a right to die. The right of a knowledgeable, incurably ill individual to circumvent unbearable pain and encirclement an appropriate and honorable death endures the authorization of history and is imbedded in the conception of ordered liberty.The application of this right is as fundamental to individual autonomy and bodily truthfulness as rights safeguarded by this individual’s pronouncements concerning to marriage, family associations, procreation, contraception, child education and the rebuttal or termination of life-saving medical treatment (Beckwith, 2013).

Patient suffering at end of life

Research shows that many patients with incurable diseases and are in great pain always look for experts in the euthanasia to come and help them end their lives which have lost quality and meaning. They just want to dies and put an end to their misery and rest in peace. Americans should legalize euthanasia and enjoy a right assured in the European Declaration of Human Rights which is the freedom not to be enforced to agonize. It should be well-thought-out as much of a delinquency to make somebody live who with rationalization does not desire to remain as it is to take life without consensus (Beckwith, 2013).

It makes economic sense

Most people in support of this act claim that it saves them some money. Take an instance where a family has a patient with an incurable disease and in a comma. The amount of money they spend yearly to keep the patient alive in the life supporting machines is too much and it can be used to do other important things that will improve the lives of the individuals. Many families end up having debts just to support a patient who will not heal and will surely die at one point and also research shows that approximately $40,000 is spent on most patients with terminal diseases especially on their last moments. This can money can be saved through euthanasia and end the suffering of the patient (Boudreau, & Somerville, 2014).

It’s the best choice because the alternatives are horrifying

Euthanasia is the best choice because of the following reasons;

· The patient does not suffer and at the same time they die an honorable death one they have agreed to.

· The family members don’t need to use a lot of money for the medication and treatment of the patient and therefore saving this money and living a better life.

· It creates space in the healthcare facilities especially with scarce resources in the area.

These reasons comparing them to not doing the euthanasia;

· The patient suffers in pain but there is nothing that can be done to ease their pain.

· The family spends a lot of money to keep their patient alive in the hospital and this could result to debts.

· At the end of all these, all these actions are futile, the patient finally gives up and dies.

Reasons against Euthanasia

Misuse of the act

Those opposing euthanasia claim that it will not only be used to end the lives of the terminally ill individuals but to end the lives of other people as well (Friedel, 2013).

Against the religion

Religion has highly condemned the act of euthanasia claiming that human have no power to take the life of the people despite them agreeing to the act. Religion claims that only God has the power to take life and even though one is suffering in pain there is always a reason for the suffering. Religions also believes in miracles, though an individual may have a terminal disease and is in a lot of pain, the pain might end one day and the person heal and therefore, assisted suicide is not justified (Olasunkanmi, 2015).

Euthanasia is rejecting importance and value of human life

Oppose claim that euthanasia is lacking respect for the human life. Killing a human beings as euthanasia is lack of dignity and makes animals better than human beings because they would not kill their own when they are so ill. They would let nature take its course and let the ill suffer and die at their real time (Naseh, Rafiei, & Heidari, 2015).

Conclusion and my opinion

I see nothing wrong with euthanasia and as far as it is concerned it saves the patients from their agony and let them die a peaceful death. Also gives the family an easy time in that they do not have to worry where they will get the money to pay for the treatment hence it is economical.

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