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    Padayhag, Daniel L.

    February 29, 2016

    TTh 7:00-8:30

    Sir Jeruel Ibanez

    Position Paper about Euthanasia

    Euthanasia, also known as assisted suicide, physician-assisted


    suicide (dying), doctor-assisted dying (suicide), and more
    loosely termed mercy killing, means to take a deliberate action
    with the express intention of ending a life to relieve
    intractable (persistent, unstoppable) suffering. Some interpret
    euthanasia as the practice of ending a life in a painless manner.
    Many disagree with this interpretation, because it needs to
    include a reference to intractable suffering.

    There are pros and cons in euthanasia or the positive and


    negative effect of this practice. Proponents of euthanasia and
    physician-assisted suicide (PAS) contend that terminally ill
    people should have the right to end their suffering with a quick,
    dignified, and compassionate death. They argue that the right to
    die is protected by the same constitutional safeguards that
    guarantee such rights as marriage, procreation, and the refusal
    or
    termination
    of
    life-saving
    medical
    treatment.
    Opponents of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide contend
    that doctors have a moral responsibility to keep their patients
    alive as reflected by the Hippocratic Oath. They argue there may
    be a "slippery slope" from euthanasia to murder, and that
    legalizing euthanasia will unfairly target the poor and disabled
    and create incentives for insurance companies to terminate lives
    in order to save money.

    For me I agree on having euthanasia in the country because If a


    person is terminally ill and is suffering because of pain, His
    suffering should be stopped immediately. I know that life is very
    precious but living with pain and suffering is very sad. But of
    course the patients consent is a must.

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