Euthanasia And Suicide
by socrates44San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
Aug 2013 3,151 Views
Euthanasia is a very controversial issue. One of the chief arguments some may have against it is that in possibly one in a million, or even less cases, people with so-called incurable afflictions may recover. This is more a mathematical distribution of probability than anything else. The anti-euthanasia exponent can argue that we can never know which one of the million cases may recover from his/her affliction so that by putting someone out of his/her misery, we may have robbed that person of a chance to recover and lead a normal life.
The key question here is whether or not the suffering individual is interested in prolonging his or her life. If such a person still clings to the hope of recovery and of leading a normal life regardless of the suffering he or she may be experiencing and in spite of medical science's helplessness in treating his or her illness, then euthanasia may be questionable in such a case.
If the individual has given up all hope of recovery and looks forward to death as a relief from his or her suffering and medical science admits its helplessness in curing that person, there may be an argument for euthanasia. But I think it should really be performed with the suffering individual's consent.
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