There are numerous amounts of controversies on whether its moral or not to allow the usage of euthanasia. Many people believe that this is a fair and ethical treatment while others believe it is inhumane.
1. Euthanasia vs Religion One of the most well known arguments against the process of euthanasia commonly starts with religion. The sixth commandment in the Christian bible states that, "Thou shalt not kill" which correspondingly relates to euthanasia because "mercy killing" may be synonymous to committing an act of criminal homicide. Most interpretations of the bible conclude that the gift of life given to us by "God" is sacrosanct, and that it is his decision when to end our lives. Fortunately, thanks to modern medicine, the end of suffering can be carried out in a humane way. The real question that comes into play is, are humans "playing God" by devaluing human life?
"To those with religious objections to euthanasia, all I can say is that many of us don’t share your comprehensive moral doctrine and would prefer to make the choice for ourselves." -Charlie Sprague
2. Euthanasia can become a means of healthcare cost containment. With the euthanization of patients, many people believe that the government is saving money by killing the sick. We live in a society where people are blindsided at the fact that bioscience has treated the lives of suffering patients fair by giving them the opportunity to end their lives out of misery. These ethical treatments have gone beyond its limitations to improve the quality of our lives, yet people focus on the money aspect of this process. It is evident that America's health care industry has relied on its money to target ethical treatments to further benefit our future.
http://cmcforum.com/opinion/06082009-the-economic-argument-for-euthanasia
3. Euthanasia may become non-voluntary. Another argument put upon legalizing euthanasia is the fact that practitioners will have the ability to easily perform it. Society believes that the border line between this may be crossed if euthanasia would not only be for people who are terminally ill. Taking advantage of this bioethic is a false purpose and should be carefully used for the good of science.
http://www.statista.com/statistics/225938/americans-moral-stance-towards-doctor-assisted-suicide/
The following graph shows the statistics of the 70% of Americans who are in favor of doctors allowing to end a patient's life by painless means if the patient and his or her family request it. Along with the 27% of Americans who oppose this and are against the legalization of euthanasia, according to The Economist poll taken place in 2012.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2012/07/euthanasia
1. Euthanasia vs Religion One of the most well known arguments against the process of euthanasia commonly starts with religion. The sixth commandment in the Christian bible states that, "Thou shalt not kill" which correspondingly relates to euthanasia because "mercy killing" may be synonymous to committing an act of criminal homicide. Most interpretations of the bible conclude that the gift of life given to us by "God" is sacrosanct, and that it is his decision when to end our lives. Fortunately, thanks to modern medicine, the end of suffering can be carried out in a humane way. The real question that comes into play is, are humans "playing God" by devaluing human life?
"To those with religious objections to euthanasia, all I can say is that many of us don’t share your comprehensive moral doctrine and would prefer to make the choice for ourselves." -Charlie Sprague
2. Euthanasia can become a means of healthcare cost containment. With the euthanization of patients, many people believe that the government is saving money by killing the sick. We live in a society where people are blindsided at the fact that bioscience has treated the lives of suffering patients fair by giving them the opportunity to end their lives out of misery. These ethical treatments have gone beyond its limitations to improve the quality of our lives, yet people focus on the money aspect of this process. It is evident that America's health care industry has relied on its money to target ethical treatments to further benefit our future.
http://cmcforum.com/opinion/06082009-the-economic-argument-for-euthanasia
3. Euthanasia may become non-voluntary. Another argument put upon legalizing euthanasia is the fact that practitioners will have the ability to easily perform it. Society believes that the border line between this may be crossed if euthanasia would not only be for people who are terminally ill. Taking advantage of this bioethic is a false purpose and should be carefully used for the good of science.
http://www.statista.com/statistics/225938/americans-moral-stance-towards-doctor-assisted-suicide/
The following graph shows the statistics of the 70% of Americans who are in favor of doctors allowing to end a patient's life by painless means if the patient and his or her family request it. Along with the 27% of Americans who oppose this and are against the legalization of euthanasia, according to The Economist poll taken place in 2012.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2012/07/euthanasia