...family to painlessly kill a patient suffering from an incurable disease or an irreversible coma. It is illegal in many countries, but it should be a legal option for anyone. The topic of euthanasia is an intense argument and a matter of ethics and morals. Doctors and medical professionals debate...
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...Brittney Place Professor Cynthia Spence English 92 16 July 2014 “Fixing”: What is Not Broken Nearly four to five million dogs and cats are euthanized in the United States. Overpopulation in the dog and cat community has dropped drastically from twenty to thirty years ago, but still many lives of innocent animals are being taken away every day at animal shelters. Many see it as inhumane; however, some see it as their just animals. In Riverside County the euthanasia rate of dogs and cats continues to rise even with new shelters, more workers, better operating hours, and more space. It will take more than just public awareness to stop the killing of innocent healthy animals, spay and neuter programs is what will make that change. Imagine what could happen if the County of Riverside passed a law forcing people to spay and neuter your pet. It would save so many innocent animals lives. Consequently, there has to be a change in Riverside County, all dogs and cats should be spayed or neutered to stop animal over population and the increasing rate of animal euthanasia in Riverside County. To begin with, spaying and neutering your pet will more than just decrease the dog and cat overpopulation but it will save the lives of animals that do not have enough “time” in the shelter to receive a second chance at life. In Riverside County at the Ramona Humane Society, in only one month out of the 600 dogs and cats that came through the shelter, 467 dogs were put to sleep. How can...
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...and who it will be implement for. This paper will not discuss why assisted suicide should or should not be implemented, but will explain political and societal questions that may arise if assisted suicide is accepted. There will also be given real examples of individuals who completed assisted suicide and possible questions that can arise from them. This paper will also explain how assisted suicide has only a minor effect on nursing care. Once the answers to these questions...
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...show you why monthly inspections should be taken into the fact of animal welfare. Through out the years animal shelters code of ethics have gone from bad to worse. Surprise inspections aren’t enough to keep the code of ethics up to date. Which is causing animals to be abused and neglected, in the long run it causes strain and stress. Stress is not good for any animal is causes damage to organs also is making animals suffer through life. Abused animals are more likely to have heart problems then those in a household of love and affection. The reason being is the stress; abused animals are put through as...
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...while others think that George actually murders his friend. The circumstances under which Lennie is killed in Of Mice and Men are those of euthanasia. A significant reason why Lennie’s death is a matter of euthanasia is in the definition of euthanasia itself. Euthanasia is ending a life to prevent or relieve suffering. In the novella, Lennie would have to endure worse suffering if George doesn’t shoot him and kill him. He could face a slow, painful death or being locked up in prison. In the book, it says, “We oughta let ‘im get away. You don’t know that Curley. Curley gon’ta wanta get ‘im lynched” (Steinbeck 94). A further example that Lennie’s death is euthanasia is in the fact that George makes sure that Lennie is happy and not in any pain before he meets his demise. George...
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...We as humans also go through the same situation, but we don't get killed for being aggressive. Why do we do that to dogs? If one researches, they find that there are thousands of dogs being killed for being aggressive. They kill healthy dogs that are in good condition. In the article, it shows the way dogs are being killed when there is nothing wrong with them. Killing healthy and treatable animals is debilitating and demoralizing for the people who have to do it (para 3). Killing dogs that are healthy because they have problems like aggressive, anxious, sad should not be a reason to kill dogs. This is showing how dogs are misunderstood for their actions that are caused by people, which triggers them to act the way they do. While some will cling to their beliefs, the truth is undeniable, we are the solution to the problem of changing the past of dogs. There are a lot of dogs in America who are in cages and are killed, after a certain day of not finding a home to be stable at. Helping dogs find a home and wasting the money the good way instead of wasting so much money on killing...
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...8) Voluntary euthanasia is when a physician takes their patient’s life with the patient’s complete consent. (Tulloch, 2005, 33) There is no reason why the aforementioned procedures should remain illegal. The opposition strongly believes that euthanasia will provide many benefits and solve many problems when it is first legalized, but as time goes on, these processes will be utilized in a malicious or incorrect fashion leading to involuntary deaths. (Schuklenk, et al, 2011, 147) Despite this claim, if euthanasia is not legalized, it will go against the fundamental rights we have as Canadian citizens or even citizens of the world. In particular, Canadian citizens have the right to their own decisions described in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. These include bodily integrity, accepting medical treatment and most importantly, individual autonomy. (Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 1982). Criminalizing the ability of taking our own lives would contradict the freedoms we have. There are three criteria which a person who would like to be euthanized must meet: the individual must have the mental capacity to make the choice entirely on their own, they must be terminally ill and either be in unbearable pain or have a degenerative condition that will slowly take away their mental capabilities. If these criteria are met, they should be able to make the decision to end their own life. (Schuklenk et al, 2011, 147) In Canada, suicide is a legal choice though it is heavily discouraged...
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...The Lost Innocents Richard Napper University of Phoenix When an individual makes the complicated decision of adding a four-legged member to their family it should be viewed as a lifelong commitment. The majority of people who decide to take in a new four legged family member usually have the best intentions at the time. However, life happens and things tend to change. The puppy who was once small and adorable is now full grown, becoming ignored, and is chewing for attention. The kitten who was once a cute little ball of fur is now not so little and clawing the furniture and using the potty in paces other than the litter box. Maybe there was a job loss in the family, or the individual has become homeless because of financial mishaps. With foreclosure on the rise these days due to a bad economy this is happening more often than not lately. One must plan for these types of issues that may arise in the near or distant future. There are a lot of individuals who believe that an animal shelter is the answer of all answers. The awful truth is they are mostly overcrowded and under staffed. More animals get euthanized inside the shelter due to lack of space than adopted by potential lifelong owners in the animal shelter. The animal shelter should not be used as a way to ease guilt on the former owners’ conscience. It should not be used as a dump site or a place to put your older animal like you would a senior citizen in a nursing home. Is animal abandonment ethically and morally wrong...
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...one must understand the way it differs from PAD. The key distinction between the two is that euthanasia requires either a physician or third party to administer the drugs, while in physician assisted death, the drug is administered directly by the individual. The debate over euthanasia dates back to the Greeks and Romans, but it reached the United States in 1870 when Samuel Williams proposed using morphine and anesthetics to intentionally end an individual's life. Debates continued for another 35 years when Ohio attempted to pass a bill which would legalize euthanasia in 1906. While the bill was never passed, it was the first of its kind, and laid the foundation for bills to come (Humphrys). There are many arguments as to why Euthanasia should remain illegal in the United States. Many individuals argue that it fits the definition of murder, and “For present purposes, murder can be defined as the intentional unjustified, unexcused and legally unmitigated killing of another human being. Active euthanasia fits this definition on the basis that it is the, or a cause of, death” (Lanham 2). Although there is some merit to the argument that euthanasia fits the technical definition of murder, there is an even more important factor to consider regarding the morality of compassion versus the technical definition of murder. Euthanasia is used when the quality of life is significantly reduced. When asked about the subject, author and physician Toula Drimonas asked important...
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...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...
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...you receive is from animal rights organizations loudly protesting the laboratory critters--vocalizing opinions about how “animal testing should be banned from laboratories”; but is what they say the full story? Animal testing has been the source of countless human achievements including a better understanding of life and valuable cures for diseases, and several laws demand the use of animal testing before human trials. Animal experimentation...
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...average age of 33.96 years (median age = 37.1; range = 19-77 years). The main reasons cited for pet euthanasia were cancer, renal failure, stroke, crippling arthritis combined with other frailties, and general debilitation. "He was suffering from kidney disease, intestinal disease, [was] deaf, dehydrated, [had] arthritis, a bone spur on his hip. We decided his quality of life was beginning to suffer too much," one respondent explained, for regular intravenous fluids to keep him alive. Another pet owner called euthanasia "the toughest decision I have ever had to make in my life, and I constantly think there was something [else] I could have or should have done," buttressing the earlier reference to ambivalence about the procedure. Eighty-two percent of respondents asked their veterinarian whether euthanasia was the right thing to do, and 98 percent agreed that the veterinarian made the proper recommendation, which was euthanasia 80 percent of the time. Euthanasia occurred at the clinic 90 percent of the time; 61 percent of those patients were dogs, 36 percent cats, and 3 percent other such as guinea pigs,...
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...something that people look forward to, but is it bad for us? What is it about death that strikes fear into the hearts of millions of people across the world? In this paper, I will aim to answer those questions. Is death bad for us? If yes, why? If death is bad for us, what implications does this have about the rights and wrongs of killing people? I believe that death is in fact bad for us, and I will argue my case in the following paragraphs. Perhaps the greatest reason that people fear death is simply because they do not want to die. However, just because a person does not want something, that does not make it bad for them. For example, a person may dislike vegetables and not want to eat them but that does not make vegetables...
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...Breed specific legislation should be outlawed for these reasons, it doesn’t help protect communities, any dog can bite, and different forms of BSL can cause families to loose their dog or pay an outrageous price to keep their dog. A community that enforces BSL isn't any safer than a community that has allegedly dangerous dogs living in it. BSL doesn’t address the irresponsible owners that own these allegedly dangerous dogs. There are many different things dogs need in their lifetime, some larger breeds like the pitbull require more of one thing than another that a smaller breed would require. If a certain dog or dog breed doesn’t get what it needs like a human its gets very angry and frustrated because dogs can't talk and humans can't talk to the dog like it’s another...
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...to be a topic of controversy. Is it morally wrong? Are we not respecting patients’ rights? Is it suicide? These are just a few of the arguments that are of great controversy. I believe that euthanasia should not be permissible and the only times it should be are in cases of non-voluntary euthanasia, when patients are in a Persistent Vegetative State (“PVS”), and in times of war, during combat. What is the difference in killing someone and allowing them to die? With euthanasia, we might as well kill because we’re taking part in that patient’s death. We are totally devaluing human life. In the laws of nature, all things must die. In the film Dax Case, the first thing the man who was involved in the explosion told the farmer, who was the first on the scene, was to get him a gun so he could put himself out of his misery. The entire time he was hospitalized, he wanted to end his life. Everyone he came in contact with, he asked that question. The physician would not give up on him, and in the end, he pulled through and made something of himself. Though he was impaired, he was still able to maintain a life he wouldn’t have had if they would have listened to his request. If they wouldn’t have shown compassion for his situation he would have been deceased a long time ago. It goes to show that everyone should be entitled to fight for life and not give up on themselves when times are futile. I don’t feel we should put physicians in a position where they have to take a life...
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