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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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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 access to ...

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Added: 2/14/2008 07:20:50 AM
Category: Health & Medicine
Type: Free Paper
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