Monday, March 9, 2009

*My Views on Euthanasia*

Is "mercy" killing a legitimate way to ending someones life?
I believe that "euthanasia" is a humane, and legitimate way to end someones life. For example, someone who is in a coma might have little to no chance of ever recovering, so I believe that this person's family, whoever they are, should be able to decide their family member's faith without any conviction of punishment. Another way of "euthanasia" that I find acceptable is assisted suicide. Assisted suicide is to abolish or eradicate one's life voluntarily painlessly. I believe that this is humane in cases when one is terminally ill and no longer wants to suffer, however, I do not view this acceptable if the person is all but depress. I also do not find it acceptable when one exploits euthanasia as a way out, just like what Mr. Lupoe decided for his family. What Mr. Lupoe did to his family was wrong, no matter how bridled, or frustrated he felt about getting canned from his job. I also believed that in any case that someone should decide to result to something as drastic as this, they should consider the possibility that everything will get better.

2 comments:

christopher said...

I am happy with the way you defined euthanasia because you helped the reader understand the meaning. You even gave them a full description on the article of how the dad killed his family just because he got canned from his job I give a plus on the example. Overall I am glad i picked your Story because it is very detailed and descriptive and not boring like other blogs.

yadira said...

i think that what Mr. Lupoe did was wrong and a very foolish thing to fix things and you kinda convinced me on that euthanasia is ok but i'll stay with my answer