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Euthanasia: Ethics and Controversies

This document discusses euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. It defines them as deliberate actions intended to end a life to relieve persistent suffering. While illegal in most countries, some allow euthanasia if the patient and family consent. There are types of euthanasia based on consent: voluntary with consent, non-voluntary without consent due to health, and involuntary without consent or asking. The document also outlines arguments for and against euthanasia related to patient choice, quality of life, humanity, loved ones, and current practice with pets. It discusses concerns about patient competence, guilt, possible recovery, and religious/moral objections. Catholics are said to generally only hear the negative aspects rather than as compassion

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Euthanasia: Ethics and Controversies

This document discusses euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. It defines them as deliberate actions intended to end a life to relieve persistent suffering. While illegal in most countries, some allow euthanasia if the patient and family consent. There are types of euthanasia based on consent: voluntary with consent, non-voluntary without consent due to health, and involuntary without consent or asking. The document also outlines arguments for and against euthanasia related to patient choice, quality of life, humanity, loved ones, and current practice with pets. It discusses concerns about patient competence, guilt, possible recovery, and religious/moral objections. Catholics are said to generally only hear the negative aspects rather than as compassion

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EUTHANASIA

JESÚS FERNANDO QUINTANA RENTERÍA


EUTHANASIA AND PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE
REFER TO DELIBERATE ACTION TAKEN WITH THE
INTENTION OF ENDING A LIFE, IN ORDER TO RELIEVE
PERSISTENT SUFFERING.
• IN MOST COUNTRIES, EUTHANASIA IS
AGAINST THE LAW SO IF IT’S PRACTICED IT
MAY CARRY A JAIL SENTENCE.
• A DOCTOR IS ALLOWED BY LAW TO END A
PERSON’S LIFE BY A PAINLESS MEANS, AS
LONG AS THE PATIENT AND THEIR FAMILY
AGREE TO DO SO
• A DOCTOR ASSISTS A PATIENT TO COMMIT
SUICIDE IF THEY REQUEST IT
VOLUNTARY, NO VOLUNTARY AND
INVOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA

• VOLUNTARY: IF EUTHANASIA IS CONDUCTED WITH CONSENT IT WON’T BE


SEEN AS “BAD” AS PEOPLE STILL BELIEVE
• NON-VOLUNTARY: IF EUTHANASIA IS CONDUCTED ON A PERSON WHO IS
UNABLE TO CONSENT THE “HELP”, DUE TO THEIR CURRENT HEALTH
CONDITION, THE DECISION IS MADE BY ANOTHER APPROPRIATE PERSON
• INVOLUNTARY: IF EUTHANASIA IS PERFORMED ON A PERSON WHO WOULD BE
ABLE TO PROVIDE INFORMED CONSENT, BUT DOES NOT, EITHER BECAUSE
THEY DO NOT WANT TO DIE, OR BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT ASKED, THAT
OBVIOUSLY WILL BE CONSIDERED MURDER
CONTROVERSY
ARGUMENTS FOR
ARGUMENTS AGAINST
• FREEDOM OF CHOICE: ADVOCATES ARGUE THAT PATIENTS
• MORAL AND RELIGIOUS ARGUMENTS: SEVERAL FAITHS SEE
SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR OWN CHOICE
EUTHANASIA AS A FORM OF MURDER AND MORALLY
(APPARENTLY EVEN IF THEY’RE NOT ABLE TO) UNACCEPTABLE. SUICIDE, TOO, IS “ILLEGAL” IN SOME RELIGIONS.
• QUALITY OF LIFE: ONLY THE PATIENT REALLY KNOWS HOW MORALLY, THERE IS AN ARGUMENT THAT EUTHANASIA WILL
THEY FEEL, AND HOW THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL PAIN WEAKEN SOCIETY’S RESPECT FOR THE SANCTITY OF LIFE.
OF ILLNESS AND PROLONGED DEATH IMPACTS THEIR • PATIENT COMPETENCE: EUTHANASIA IS ONLY VOLUNTARY IF
QUALITY OF LIFE. THE PATIENT IS MENTALLY COMPETENT, WITH A LUCID
• HUMANE: IT IS MORE HUMANE TO ALLOW A PERSON WITH UNDERSTANDING OF AVAILABLE OPTIONS AND CONSEQUENCES
INTRACTABLE SUFFERING TO BE ALLOWED TO CHOOSE TO AND THE ABILITY TO EXPRESS THAT UNDERSTANDING AND THEIR
END THAT SUFFERING. WISH TO TERMINATE THEIR OWN LIFE.
• LOVED ONES: IT CAN HELP TO SHORTEN THE GRIEF AND • GUILT: THEY MAY FEEL THAT THE FINANCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND
SUFFERING OF LOVED ONES. MENTAL BURDEN ON THEIR FAMILY IS TOO BIG, EVEN IF THE
COSTS OF TREATMENT ARE PROVIDED BY THE STATE, THERE IS A
• WE ALREADY DO IT: IF A BELOVED PET HAS INTRACTABLE RISK THAT HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MAY HAVE AN ECONOMIC
SUFFERING, IT’S SEEN AS AN ACT OF KINDNESS TO PUT IT TO INCENTIVE TO ENCOURAGE EUTHANASIA CONSENT.
SLEEP. WHY SHOULD THIS KINDNESS BE DENIED TO • ““POSSIBLE RECOVERY””: ““OCCASIONALLY, A PATIENT
HUMANS?
RECOVERS, AGAINST ALL THE ODDS. THE DIAGNOSIS MIGHT BE
WRONG””
CATHOLICS AGAINST EUTHANASIA

• THE AVERAGE CATHOLIC PERSPECTIVE ONLY HEARS THE “BAD” SIDE OF THE
MESSAGE, IF ONLY OUR CULTURE STOPPED INTERPRETING THE MESSAGE
LIKE “TAKING THE EASY WAY OUT” AND INSTEAD THEY WOULD GET IT AS
ASSISTED SUICIDE IS A COMPASSIONATE WAY TO DEPART.
• NOT ONLY CATHOLICS BUT MOST OF RELIGIOUS PEOPLE CONSIDER IT’S
FALSE COMPASSION, AND THINK IT’S BEING DRIVEN BY A BELIEVING THAT
ASSOCIATES THE PERSONAL DIGNITY TO THE FACT IF A PERSON HAS OWN
AUTONOMY AND PRODUCTIVITY THEY’LL BE IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE,
WHICH IT’S JUST NOT.

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