Euthanasia

[Tidus2791]

What are your views on euthanasia which if you dont know is 'mercy killing' if someone has a illness should they have the right to take their own life?
Think about this Reg Crew 74 years old had a full life and lived the last three years suffering from motor nurone disease (spelling) which is a disease which effects the muscles and causes them to stop working he went to switzerland for euthanasia so he could end his suffering because euthanasia is illegal in the uk
Should he have had the right to take his own life?

[DragoonKain]

Absolutely. I agree so wholeheartedly with this topic, that I don't even feel the need to express why I think it's okay.

[VITG]

I certainly agree if the person consents, but to 'put someone out of their misery'? When they dont physically express any want to die? I don't like that precedent

[Son of Sephiroth]

I agree if they ask, but if they're ina coma, it gets a bitm iffy. If there life is so much pain and misery that it's not a life at all though, then I believe they have every right to ask for it.

[Tidus2791]

Ok when in a coma its said that someone has to choose for you can you belive that this person could be a docter family member or friend or if you are said to be unfit to choose then someone else chooses whether you live or die


In swizerland a british couple the man had epilepsy and the women had diabetes neither being terminaly ill they were allowed to choose to die. In swizerland the law is pretty much if you have any kind of disease you have the right to end your life. Exept depression then its deemed suicide

[Tifa]

God, this subject is a hard one (Basing my answer on whether it should be legal or not). It depends on the individual circumstances. I think that, in most cases, if the person wants to die for a good reason, it's fair enough. And I don't think the person who did it should get the blame for it. But if it was made legal, can you imagine how many murderers could use Euthanasia as an excuse and get off scott-free? I think Euthanasia is okay for the right reaons.

[DragoonKain]

Originally Posted by Tifa

God, this subject is a hard one (Basing my answer on whether it should be legal or not). It depends on the individual circumstances. I think that, in most cases, if the person wants to die for a good reason, it's fair enough. And I don't think the person who did it should get the blame for it. But if it was made legal, can you imagine how many murderers could use Euthanasia as an excuse and get off scott-free? I think Euthanasia is okay for the right reaons.

Probably best if euthanasia is an institutionalized thing. Only certain doctors with certain qualifications and an abundance of paperwork should be able to perform euthanasia, and only after proper consent and a certain grace period. Of course, this still leaves room for abuse, but not enough to scrap the right to decide whether you should live or die, in my opinion.

The real "hard questions" come when you question whether people born severely retarded should be euthanized. Or how about people going through Alzheimers or other mental, degrading, terminal diseases who no longer have mental capacity? How about "vegetables"?

[VITG]

Originally Posted by DragoonKain

Probably best if euthanasia is an institutionalized thing. Only certain doctors with certain qualifications and an abundance of paperwork should be able to perform euthanasia, and only after proper consent and a certain grace period. Of course, this still leaves room for abuse, but not enough to scrap the right to decide whether you should live or die, in my opinion.

The real "hard questions" come when you question whether people born severely retarded should be euthanized. Or how about people going through Alzheimers or other mental, degrading, terminal diseases who no longer have mental capacity? How about "vegetables"?

It usually becomes an argument on 'quality of life' at that point. But again, I don't like the precedent, what's to stop women getting abortions because they think bringing up the child alone gives it a poor quality of life? What if the same happens with a man murdering his son, as he's a single father and has just lost his job?

[DragoonKain]

Originally Posted by VITG

It usually becomes an argument on 'quality of life' at that point. But again, I don't like the precedent, what's to stop women getting abortions because they think bringing up the child alone gives it a poor quality of life? What if the same happens with a man murdering his son, as he's a single father and has just lost his job?

I question whether you actually read my previous statements. I believe I suggested that doctors and patients would need to make the call. Given strict outlines, I can't see any doctors seeing "jobless parent" as a terminal illness that needs euthanasia.

[VITG]

Originally Posted by DragoonKain

I question whether you actually read my previous statements. I believe I suggested that doctors and patients would need to make the call. Given strict outlines, I can't see any doctors seeing "jobless parent" as a terminal illness that needs euthanasia.

I dont think you read my post either. I said that putting the decision in the hands of someone else, without consent, is a dangerous precedent, as OTHERS could take it into their own hands to make the decision, convinced by some warped logic its the right thing to do.