The ethics of Euthanasia

Title: The ethics of Euthanasia
Category: Social Sciences / Controversial Issues | Words: 552 | Pages: 2.3 (approximately 235 words/page)

The ethics of Euthanasia

Euthanasia, also mercy killing, practice of ending a life so as to release an individual from an incurable disease or intolerable suffering. The term is sometimes used generally to refer to an easy or painless death. Voluntary euthanasia involves a request by the dying patient or that person's legal representative. Passive or negative euthanasia involves not doing something to prevent death--that is, allowing someone to die; active or positive euthanasia involves taking deliberate action …showed first 75 words of 552 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 552 total…and the family. In addition, certain life-support systems are so expensive that they cannot be provided for all potential patients. Some opponents of euthanasia have feared that the increasing success that doctors have had in transplanting human organs might lead to abuse of the practice of euthanasia. It is now generally understood, however, that physicians will not violate the rights of the dying donor in order to help preserve the life of the organ recipient.

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