THIS ESSAY DEBATES ABOUT EUTHANASIA.THE PROS AND CONS ARE DISCUSSED IN SIMPLE AND CLEAR TERMS.
Date Submitted: 12/13/2004 22:17:16
Category: / Social Sciences / Controversial Issues
Length: 3 pages (689 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Controversial Issues
Length: 3 pages (689 words)
Mercy killing is murder Mercy killing or euthanasia is the act by which a person suffering from a severe and painful illness, or injury, is released from life through a less painful and faster method. Strange though it may seem it has existed in early times as well : Soldiers through the centuries- as far back as the Greeks and the Romans-have killed wounded comrades rather than leave them to be captured alive by their enemies …
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…at dying when one is not naturally due to die is greater.
Almost all religions have always spoken loudly against euthanasia. There seems to be within the consciousness of man, the belief that it is wrong to speed up death. The medical profession is dedicated to prolonging life and so cannot now do the reverse- to speed up death. To do so would mean undoing several principles which have evolved since the beginning of humanity.
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