Euthanasia ( mercy killing ) is it moral or immoral act?
By Firefly
@cttolledo (5460)
Legaspi, Philippines
February 8, 2013 11:33pm CST
Hi guys! I have read a lot of thesis, studies and books about this mercy killing and I found it interesting topic.
Euthnasia or others called this as mercy killing is an act or practice of ending the life either by lethal injection or suspension of medical treatment. The main purpose is to bring relief by alleviating pain and suffering of a person.
According to my source a lot of individuals are secretly doing it but done unnoticed to not complicate things and not to creat violent reaction from public since this procedure/practice is not yet acceptable to the majority because of many factors.. conflict to their faith...conflict with the law of the land.. etc.
When can you say that Euthanasia is moral or immoral act?
What if one of your love ones who is seriously sick and suffering from chronic pain for the long time asked you for Euthnasia, what would be your answer? would you say yes?to finally freed the person from pain.. or would you say no? to keep him/her stay and let him/ her suffer till his/her final breath..?
Share your opinion guys!
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4 responses
@robspeakman (1700)
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9 Feb 13
I can not see what is immoral about a mercy killing.
When I get old or sick, then I want to have the choice to end my life or have doctor do it.
I would also like to be able end the life of a loved one too.
It would be cruel to keep someone alive in pain because of one's view or beliefs.
A fear of saying goodbye is a selfish reason to keep someone alive.
@pahak627 (4558)
• Philippines
9 Feb 13
I guess this is immoral however, there is mention of suspension of medical procedure or treatment. There are patients whom I knew who requested that dialysis, chemo or other procedure be stopped because they can not anymore bear having these procedures, we may not consider it mercy killing because the reason for the patient to have these procedures stopped was that the same became unbearable for them. I remember my younger sister, while she was undergoing chemotherapy, she requested that she will not anymore continue because she thought that it was already unbearable for her but we convinced her to continue now she has survived her chemo sessions and her life has been extended. We thank God for that. She has 2 little girls and she really tried hard to be with them for a longer period of time. I opened this because there maybe some who resorted to mercy killing and yet their patient would have lived longer if they didn't do it.
@cttolledo (5460)
• Legaspi, Philippines
10 Feb 13
Yeah. There's always "what if"..we actually don't know what will happen.
@ctryhnny (3460)
• United States
9 Feb 13
This is a very tough subject for a lot of people and everyone has a right to their opinion. I beleive in euthanasia if someone is or a pet is in a lot of pain. I can't see letting either of them suffer if it is proven that they will never get better or have a normal life.
@sizzle3000 (3036)
• United States
9 Feb 13
I think that Euthanasia could be a mercy killing. I know that if there was some disease that made me be in pain constantly or made me so sick that I couldn't take care of myself I wouldn't want to live like that. That isn't really living.
However I also thing that day you find out about that disease and the outcome of it, is the day you should decide what will happen when the worst happens.
It should be legal because so many people end up wanting to die because there is no life being in constant pain and agony.
