Position Shift

Position Shift

There are many topics in the world that are talked about regularly and bring very much public controversy with them. One of these topics is the issue of euthanasia. This topic has been the topic of many court cases throughout time and many battles have been fought over it. Almost everyone has a view

about euthanasia and people become deeply pitted in their opinions. This has been a very debated issue for a very long time and probably will be forever. Therefore there has to be some medium where almost everyone will agree, or at least be slightly more content than they were before. Many people think that life is a very sacred thing and that by taking it away from someone is the same as committing a murder. Others believe that someone's life is their own and they have the right to do whatever they want even if it means dieing. How then could people ever come to a happy agreement about euthanasia? The truth is that not everyone can, but by reaching some kind of a solution it would be pleasing to most people, which is better than no one. Euthanasia usually should not be allowed because it is the taking away of someone's life, which might not have been desired by the victim. Euthanasia should only be allowed when the person in need asks for it, because it is their life and if they want to die then it should be their freedom to be able to. There is also a time when family members should sometimes be allowed as long as they know that their family member wouldn't want to live a certain way. The act of assisted suicide otherwise known as a form of euthanasia should not be allowed unless it has been requested.

There are many different types of euthanasia which all have distinct definitions. Many people think of euthanasia as only one thing and fail to recognize the different kinds of it. Euthanasia is the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependant human being for his or her alleged benefit (euthanasia.com) There are branches of euthanasia such as voluntary and non- voluntary euthanasia. Voluntary euthanasia is when the person killed had given consent to be killed. The problem with this definition is that it is sometimes hard to determine what is actually voluntary and what is said to be voluntary. Involuntary euthanasia is the opposite of voluntary euthanasia. It is when the person killed did not give consent or could not give consent. Many people feel that this form of euthanasia should be considered as murder but do agree with other forms of euthanasia. Assisted suicide is “when someone provides an individual with the information, guidance, and means to take his or her own life” (euthanasia.com). When a doctor does this it is called physician-assisted suicide. In Canada physician-assisted suicide is illegal and people who violate the law against it will most likely go to jail. In America the only state that ...