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Euthanasia - Example Papers

Euthanasia

"It is conceivable, that life can deteriorate to the point where persons
lose their dignity and self-respect and are unable to communicate; life in such
a form no longer meets meets the basic criteria of human-ness." (O'Keefe, A1)
Under these circumstances only should be practiced and then only
passively ("pulling the plug”). “Dutch Death", Euthanasia, doctor assisted
suicide, whatever you want to call it, it should not be legalized.

People should live their lives for as long as long as it is worth living.
As long as someone can still have experiences and communicate with others, they
should go on living. Someone may have six months to live and decides to end
their life ...

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pain make us stronger. Even if someone
is in pain, that pain could make them mentally stronger than if they give up and
take the easy way out. Life is pain, everyone goes through pain in their lives,
but most stick it out to the end, not giving up taking the easy way out. As
long as a person still is able to know what is happening around them and can
interact with the world around them it should be illegal for doctors to aid in
their suicide.

"Some say that doctor-aided death is widespread already, only covertly,
and that the Netherlands is a model of how to establish the right to die by
bringing the practice out in the open, where the medical and legal system can
oversee it. (O'Keefe, A1+)" This issue is compared to how abortion was before
it was legalized. "The main reason for legalization of abortion was because it
was being done anyway. People HAD access to abortion, it was just being done
terribly. We're in exactly the same situation today: People do have ...

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Added: 7/10/2005 06:40:53 PM
Category: Health & Medicine
Type: Free Paper
Words: 788
Pages: 3

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