Active Vs Passive Euthanasia Essay

The major difference between active and passive euthanasia is that active euthanasia requires another person, "an outsider" to commit the act of murder in a sense by giving the patient medication to speed up their impending death. Whereas passive euthanasia is the process of withholding medication or other requirements that could potentially save a person, such as withholding a surgery needed in order to survive or something as simple as food per patients request. Both of these procedures end in the same result, the death of the patient, with their consent to do so. Many people have the moral issue that doctors and health care providers are playing God and allowing patients to "commit suicide" when it's illegal for a reason. However, I personally believe

Another situation could involve, a persons inability to function and complete ADLS (actions of daily living) on their own or their mental state is compromised to an extreme extent including mental illnesses that causes them to be a harm to themselves or others. Also, terminal cancers or illnesses such as cystic fibrosis, ALS, or AIDS etc should be able to choose euthanasia if their current state is unbearable and in their eyes death would be welcomed. However, in order for euthanasia to work without it actually being murder it would need to be in a persons will prior to these incidents since once these horrific events occur the patients can no longer consent for themselves. Personally, I am for euthanasia. If a person knows they aren't going to survive and have terminal illnesses that cause suffering and cannot have a good quality of life, I can understand the mentality to want to skip the pain and suffering and to die in peace before symptoms get even more