Euthanasia
The term Euthanasia owes its roots to the Greek words ‘Eu’ meaning ‘well’ or ‘good’
and ‘Thanatos’ meaning ‘death’. Therefore, the term Euthanasia means ‘A good death’. On a contradictory note, Euthanasia in general means relieving a living organism from pain and suffering by killing him. Shared responsibilities are those, which are done in collaboration between two or more people to reach a specific conclusion (Huxtable, 2013).
The report deals on whether the use of Euthanasia is morally correct. It sheds light on the cases where it goes with the view and where it is opposing the views. Euthanasia is a very debatable and soft target for people across the world from one developed country to one developing or under developed country. It also says about the fact that it is being misused in many countries for the sake of escaping pain.
Voluntary, Non-voluntary and involuntary – These are the three forms of Euthanasia that are practiced since yore. The non-voluntary and the involuntary forms of Euthanasia are the ones in which the consent of the patient are not taken. These two are a form of murder and these two forms of Euthanasia are totally banned throughout the world. The third form of Euthanasia i.e. the voluntary euthanasia is legalized in some countries and illegal in others but in cases of some exceptions euthanasia is allowed throughout the world. Euthanasia is the way of providing relief from a pain that refuses to heal. Euthanasia is a highly debatable topic regarding its use in the current perspective (Fletcher, 2015).
Though Euthanasia is a soft topic, some people tend to justify it. True they are because of some reasons.
A list of reasons show why the theory of Euthanasia is justified in these cases.
Euthanasia is applied to those people who are generally terminally ill. They block up the hospital beds and eat up the resources from other people who stand a chance of recovery and lead a normal life unlike them (Fletcher, 2015).
Euthanasia provides relief to a terminally ill person. This is done either by using lethal injections or by making the food canal collapse. It provides relief for those who are suffering from a terminal illness and have very slim chances of survival. Even if they survive, they would be crippled and would not be able to see the rosy side of life.
Some people with severe genetic disorders like the one in which the children after birth do not usually grow after 6 months and remains in that stage forever are administered Euthanasia. Not only do those children suffer but their parents too suffer seeing them crippled and not fit for playing or running with others. In these cases, Euthanasia is justifiable.
For the sake of the relatives who find it very difficult to see the condition of their loved ones deteriorating beyond recognition
The people who suffer from terminal illnesses are justified to administer Euthanasia. A family is a unit where every member cares about the others. Seeing one person suffering from a terminal illness breaks the others down. Euthanasia relieves them both the family members and the patient.
Justification of Euthanasia
The people have rights to participate in a societal organization. If some sort of deformation either mentally or physically is, being met then then has the right to leave and not suffer. Today’s world is about making fun of others rather than holding that person’s hand and guiding him or her into the light from the darkness (Greenhouse & Siegel, 2012).
Therefore, people do have the right to take the step of Euthanasia rather than staying in a world full of sufferings.
When a person is not suitable enough to continue with the ongoing daily activities of the life then its better he suffer less and die at an early stage after a confirmation from the doctor that he would not be able to lead a normal life. If this could be done then the vital organs can be preserved or donated to the people in need. This could save both the patient from pain and save another human beings life (Faull & Blankley, 2015).
Thus from the above discussions ample reasons have been found to categorize Euthanasia as a justifiable content in Medical and bio ethics. It helps in easing a person is suffering and can even proclaim to save a life of a person. So all the countries must legalize the voluntary form of Euthanasia to some extent for the benefit of their citizen (Klass, Silverman & Nickman, 2014). .
In spite of the notions in the favour of the legalization of Euthanasia one sect of people are always against it.
The religious leaders of some countries object to the practice of Euthanasia because they follow the domain that God has given us life and we are the guardians of his gift.
Life according to some sects of religious leaders is a gift of God. Everything that God gifts are pure and it is the duty of the human beings to keep the sanctity of this gift intact. No matter how much struggle is faced but one should not take the path of euthanasia to escape from pain.
Some people suffering from terminal illnesses find it difficult to cope up with the society. They see themselves as a burden to their friends and families. Therefore, they get demoralized and try to end their life (Carr, 2012)
Some families of terminally ill patients force them to think that they do not have the right to live, which make them highly demoralized and they lose the urge of living. In such a situation the idea of Euthanasia when is put forward to them they gladly accept it.
Not only the terminally ill people the old people who find themselves neglected by their families also face this ethical dilemma. These people are constantly made aware of the fact that they cannot work hard and they do not pose to be any sort of use to the family and only add burdens to it. This slowly demoralizes them and they opt for a hassle free exit from everyone’s life with Euthanasia being the most tempting offer that they could lay their hands upon.
Genetically deformed babies are also killed by the methods of Euthanasia because they too prove to be a burden to some families.
From the above discussion, it can be said that in spite of many features that support the cause of Euthanasia there can be no justification of the clause that most people misuse it and will tend more to do such if they are not controlled. Nowadays there are many diseases that come due to emotional problems that are better known by the name of personality disorder. People tend to end their lives only for petty reasons, which they say that they cannot be with other members of the society (Joseph, 2017).
Thus, we find two schools of thoughts that are clashing in the recent times. One of them is the old school thought, which is against the theory of Euthanasia, considering life at any form is supreme. They are correct in one way because they will put an end to petty suicides due to emotional depressions. The second one is the justice or the modern school of thought which justifies the theory of justice to be served and those who are suffering from terminally ill diseases and those who are crippled and are unable to walk or do the daily dose of routine work can use it as a mean to escape from pain.
Conclusion
Therefore, from the above discussion a conclusion that can be drawn is that although it has some benefits but still they cannot be justified because people tend to misuse it. Euthanasia should be partially allowed to provide relief to the people who are really suffering
References
Carr, A. (2012). Family therapy: Concepts, process and practice. John Wiley & Sons.
Faull, C., & Blankley, K. (2015). Palliative care. Oxford University Press, USA.
Fletcher, J. F. (2015). Morals and Medicine: the moral problems of the patient’s right to know the truth, contraception, artificial insemination, sterilization, euthanasia. Princeton University Press.
Greenhouse, L., & Siegel, R. (2012). Before Roe v. Wade: Voices that Shaped the Abortion Debate before the Supreme Court’s Ruling.
Huxtable, R. (2013). Euthanasia: All That Matters. Hachette UK.
Joseph, R. (2017). Multiculturalism: a liberal perspective. Postfilosofie, (2), 29-49.
Klass, D., Silverman, P. R., & Nickman, S. (Eds.). (2014). Continuing bonds: New understandings of grief. Taylor & Francis.
Sigelman, C. K., & Rider, E. A. (2014). Life-span human development. Cengage Learning
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