Ethical can be defined as dealing with morals or the principles of morality. Ethical issue can be defined as a problem or situation that requires a person or organization to choose between alternatives that must be evaluated as right (ethical) or wrong (unethical). The ethical issue I have chosen is Euthanasia Euthanasia, also known as mercy killing, is defined as the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma. This is an ethical issue because it is controversial – it is about life and death decisions. The religious tradition chosen is Christianity. The main discussion points include the views of the Pope, local New Zealand churches, The Holy Bible, organisations supporting/against …show more content…
He sent an article called “Right to Die” to Kapiti Independent Newspaper. Right to die? Here was the desperately ill figure of a vital, lively and intelligent woman in the grips of an aggressive brain tumour. She was pleading to the Court for her GP to be allowed to ease her way into death when the time comes, without being charged with the crime of euthanasia. The Counsel for the Crown declared that the law is the law. This is a matter for Parliament not the Court. And the learned professor supporting him, quoted at length the law in the State of Montana and said "having liberty did not include the right to die" Counsel for the Care Alliance opposed any change in the law and raised "fears" of what might happen – "all people would be at risk ... the right for euthanasia would might lead to a "slippery slope" leading to euthanasia on demand". Was there an echo here of the Nazi death camps? The Counsel never mentioned the vital word "voluntary". Here in No1 Court, a place for criminals to be tried and punished, sat an innocent woman being tried for asking that the law be changed to respect her right to die with dignity. Is that a …show more content…
The first is the death of sin, of which it is written: the soul which sins shall die. The second is mystical death, when one dies to sin and lives to God. The third is the death by which we complete the course and duty of this life, which is to say, the separation of the soul and body. We note, therefore, that the first death is evil; the second death is good; and the third has a middle position, for it seems good to righteous men but it is feared by most, and although it frees all, it delights few. But this is not the fault of death, but of our own weakness. -St. Ambrose, Doctor of the Church The traditional understanding of death is the separation of soul from the body. Death is not itself understood as a bad thing; rather, it is the condition of our soul that makes it either good or bad. On this point, St. Ambrose expands, saying, “Now consider this point: if life is a burden, then death is freedom from it; if life is a punishment, then death is a deliverance; or if there is a judgment after death, there is also a life after