My Views On Euthanasia

After reading both articles and the book "Of Mice and Men" my views on euthanasia have changed. At first i was morally against it because really what gave others the right to make the decision on whether a person gets to live or not not? Especially when often times its purely about money, having to pay for life support. How ever there are cases in which while i don't think its the right thing to do, as morose as this may sound it may be "whats best". While i do believe in being optimistic or hope full, euthanasia may be the best choice in a false hope situation. Such as in a case where there is no chance of the victim coming out of a mollified vegetative state. As well as in a situation where the victim themselves have a reliable source that reluctantly states that it would be against their wishes to be kept alive on life support, it is their wish and i think it should be granted. How ever i think that unless it is a zero chance situation of a person being nurtured back to health, euthanasia or mercy killing is another story. Such as in the case when the anguished father and mother both lost their jobs and thought that with the badly shaped economy, they would not have been able to support their family, so they took it upon them selves to imperiously end their lives and that of their family. I see that as horrible parenting and just a huge mistake in itself. There are foundations and organizations that can help in those type of situations as well as the government.

1. A) - From George's perspective, I think that the reason for him euthanizing Lennie was because he would rather put his friend down as quickly and painlessly as possible. While yes some may say it was cruel or wrong, you have to take everything into consideration such as the way he did it, George had Lennie face away and and Lennie did not know what drastic fate awaited him. Not only that but George was kind to Lennie, even though Lennie expected that George would "give him hell" and be mad so that was what worried Lennie the most. How ever George was kind to him and talked to him about thier dream of having thier own place and tending rabbits.

B) - I think that this was the best for Lennie because if Curly would have gotten to him a surely worse fate would have come to him. Curly would have wanted to do more physical harm and more punishment to Lennie. As well as frighten and humiliate him. Although Lennie's fate was decided that he was to be put down, George doing it was more humane than anything Curly could have done.

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