If I am on my death bed, is Euthanasia an option for me? Is it a moral choice, a question of my faith or a question of my government? If I am terminally ill, my senses lost in an unconscious state, who decides my fate? Does the medical, moral and legal right to physician assisted ...
The “Right to Die” The term “Right to Die” evokes a strong response from people of either side of the ideological fence. Right to Life” proponents argue against any form of legalized termination of life, at any stage, including abortion, capital punishment, embryonic stem cell research, war, and any form of euthanasia, including physician-assisted suicide. ...
In 1973, George Zygmaniak, age 26, lay in the hospital paralyzed from the neck down due to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. George’s brother, Lester, was unable to bear the thought of his brother’s incapacitation and strangled George in his hospital bed. Lester claimed that George said he would “kill himself if he could.” ...
Assisted suicide and euthanasia have been a topic of debate for a very long time. In this paper I am not dealing with statistics and laws, but instead with feelings and emotions. The question posed before me today is “What is my response and thoughts on assisted suicide and euthanasia? After reading Susan Wolf’s paper ...
Because of the numerous improvements made in medical technology these days, doctors are literally able to postpone death. People are being kept alive by machines. But a longer life does not necessarily mean that the patient is not in pain. For example, an elderly man lies helpless in a hospital bed after being diagnosed just ...
