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Euthanasia, Our Right To Die.

Right to life vs.Right to Die?
Right to life vs.Right to Die?

Euthanasia is the practice of intentionally ending a life to relieve pain and suffering.

Lately, there has been a lot of debates on Euthanasia. First and foremost, what's really important is that we know the different types of Euthanasia. The picture below tells us the types:

Forms of Euthanasia
Forms of Euthanasia

Euthanasia should be legal everywhere. It's rightful. Why? Here's why:

Euthanasia Is Not Immoral.

The moral significance of the distinction between “active” and “passive” euthanasia is increasingly questioned by ethicists.

For something to be immoral, it would have to violate moral laws or norms.

The argument of anti-euthanasia proponents is that euthanasia is immoral because "life must be preserved and protected." The preservation of life is, however, subject to the self-determined choice of the person and not the choice of the physician.

Euthanasia, Our Right To Die.

Right To Die.

Often, the discussion revolves around the right to life; anti-euthanasia proponents argue that euthanasia infringes on a person’s fundamental right to live.

It is also important to consider that the right to life has no say over the right to die. The right to live and the right to die are two separate, although related rights. They are also mutually exclusive in the sense that the right to live concerns itself only with self-determined life and ends with the right to die. The right to die on the other hand begins where life ends in death.

Death is the opposite of life, but the process of dying is part of life.

Right To Choose.

The right to choose is fundamental and applies to all elements of “human life”, which by the nature of human life, includes the right to choose how you die. As an example, a terminally ill individual who is currently under significant pain may choose to die with dignity, as is his right.

To deny him this is to deny him his personal autonomy and is an act that is trespassing on his humanity. He may decide on euthanasia, and this choice should be available to him. Very simply, this is his right to choose, as equally as he made his choices when faced with circumstances in life. It cannot be questioned should he decide to act on it.

A Right To Choose
A Right To Choose

The Hippocratic Oath Supports Euthanasia.

Most people misinterpret the Hippocratic oath as being against euthanasia.

The key element of the oath is that the physician must protect the well-being of their patient, hence the maxim “do no harm” commonly interpreted to be a summation of the oath. Most interpretations of the “harm” element are however taken to literally refer to the patient’s life.

It can be argued that harm in this case refers to the well-being of the patient, which includes his life. However in cases where it is a choice between intense suffering or death, it can be argued that the physician is doing more harm to the patient by not allowing them to die.

Euthanasia is consistent with Hippocratic Oath
Euthanasia is consistent with Hippocratic Oath

I believe in our right to die, our right to choose how we die. Euthanasia should be legalized everywhere.

All love,

Angelina25 <3



Euthanasia, Our Right To Die.
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