Euthanasia is the ending of a ill person's life in order to alleviate them of their pain and suffering. A person who goes through euthanasia normally has an incurable condition, but there are other situations where some people desire their life to be terminated. In many cases, it is carried out at the person's desire but there are instances when they may be too sick and the arrangement is made by relatives, medics or, in some circumstances, the courts. Euthanasia brings up a number of difficult moral dilemmas: Is it ever right to terminate the life of a terminally ill patient/person who is enduring severe pain and suffering? Under what instances can euthanasia be acceptable, if at all? Is there a moral discrepancy between killing someone …show more content…
It is purposely making someone die, instead of letting that person die naturally. It is frequently the act of terminating a person’s life that is terminally ill, or is suffering in severe pain. Euthanasia is predominately illegal in the world today. Euthanasia can be thought as a form of suicide, if the person distressed with the problem seriously carries it out. The person assisting to execute the act to that person can also consider it a type of murder (Rathus, 2014). The positive side of Euthanasia is that it can end someone’s suffering in this world. Many physicians and psychiatrists perceive that it may be a humane act. From an integrity ethics point of view, it may be appropriate. What we look for in human existence is to be happy and to find happiness. Suffering from a terminal illness, or disease, could inhibit happiness in life. Euthanasia would be the answer for a person if their goal is to be happy. Euthanasia may also even bring happiness if that is what the person desires and wants, in order to no longer be a burden to their family. Also, it would end the pain and not draw out the dying …show more content…
Euthanizing a person based on the society aspect makes sense. With more importance put on managed care today, many doctors are at a financial liability when they administer treatments to patients who are in the dying process. These patients may also sense they are becoming a strain or a weight to the society at large, and choose euthanasia. If or when a person or patient is in a coma or is brain dead, that person/patient is no use to himself, herself, or society anymore. Euthanasia is a reasonable method to terminate an otherwise pointless attempt at