Monday, March 9, 2009

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.

2 comments:

Yessica said...

everything that you mention in your explanation makes sense. At first i was against euthanasia but when you really get down to the point thats when you notice that euthanasia is trying to help out some one that doesn't have a chance of survival. Euthanasia is sometimes the last choice for people like the daughter of the man that had been in vegetable state for seven years...

Jose said...

I agree with your view on euthanasia. When a person is in a termanilly ill situation they should be able to choose if they should die. I don't think a person should be living on life support because that isn't really "living". I also agree with what you said about the man who killed his family because he lost his job. There was more the man could have done.