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Ethical Arguments Against Euthanasia

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I am a member of an ethics committee that decides if a given treatment for a patient is ethical or not. “Euthanasia suicide, mercy killing, use of the living will, and "do not resuscitate" (DNR) orders, all involve professionals who must make decisions based on personal values and ethical principles rather than on the law.” (Albright & Hazel, 2006, para. 3). This is a big responsibility to make decisions regarding a person’s life or death especially in a quick matter. Do I really want to take a person’s life in my hands and help them end it prematurely? It might seem that I am trying to play the role of God. Even though the patient is wasting away and in severe pain, I still can’t grasp consigning for Johns death. My heart goes out for John and how he is suffering but that doesn’t make it right for me to decide if heshould live or die. Are we like animals who get put out their misery? Morally it does not matter if I committed the act myself, but I’m giving consent to take a person’s life. I will talk about euthanasia and the advantage and disadvantages of it and if I allowed the patient to get the …show more content…

Therefore I would be involved in a act that directly causes the death of another hum being. Everyday you see people that are trying to help people who are suicidal by trying to prevent them from doing it. Even if John is suffering and in pain, it’s Gods decision to give him death not ours. Regardless if it’s called a “mercy killing” or “killing with kindness”, it is murder. “In the Bible, human life, being made in Gods image, is his sacred gift, and this innocent life is not to be taken.” (Rae, 2009, (p. 218). I would think this would have some mental effect on the physician, Stevens, (2006) stated, “many physicians who had practiced euthanasia mentioned they would be reluctant to do do again,” (para.

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