Euthanasia

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end to a full and pleasant life." The concern to die
well is as old as humanity itself, for the questions surrounding death
belong to the essence of being human.
All people die, but apparently only people know they are to die. They
live with the truth that life is under the sentence of death. Thus, from
the "beginning of the species concern with how one dies has been an
implicit part of the human attempt to come to terms with death." (Paul D.
Simmons, 112) There is still a question involved in the contemporary
debates about euthanasia which is posed by a case such as the terminally
ill who are dying. The issue concerns the morality of mercy in aiding the
dying patient. The question goes beyond simply withdrawing treatments.
The issue is whether, in the name of mercy, one might morally aid someone's
dying? "Are circumstances under which it is morally responsible to
terminate a person, or does lovealways require resisting death through
every means possible?" (Wickett, 109) ...

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honored. But suppose that Mrs. Sorestad had asked her husband to help her
die! He felt already that death was imminent and desirable. As a true
Christian, he felt that death would be a merciful relief of pain and
suffering. He was morally justified to act out his love for his wife by
ending her suffering life in a painless manner. "The meaning of death, the
morality of taking or ending life of one's own spouse or the "relationship
of the person to the processes of nature and the activity of God in one's
life." (Ann Wickett, 109) This issue raised concerns to doctors. Even the
best doctors, given all the pressures that they must bear, could "benefit
from more structured ways of ...

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