The Benefits of euthanasia
Is euthanasia good if used to prevent pain and suffering?. In the book “Of Mice and Men” By John Steinbeck George had to euthanize Lennie to prevent him from suffering. I believe that we should not be held accountable for actions. George did the correct thing now here are reasons why. George did the right thing because Curley wanted Lennie to have a slow and agonizing death. He was going to shoot him in the guts and let him bleed out. Here is a quote from the book; “When you see ‘um don’t give ‘im a chance shoot for his guts. That will double ‘im over.” ( steinbeck 97) now let's move on to some more information about the claim. George euthanized Lennie to prevent him from suffering a painful death. “Never mind” said Slim “ a guy got to sometimes.” (Steinbeck 104) George had shot Lennie in the back of the skull to prevent suffering. Now its time to here about Belgium's views on euthanasia
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Euthanasia is legal in belgium and since 2002 there have been 5,5oo legal cases. “As of today there have been 5,500 cases of euthanasia in Belgium since they legalized it in 2002.” There has been 5,5oo legal cases since euthanasia has been legalised in 2002. Here is a case of euthanasia being legally used in Belgium. A set of identical twins found out that they are going to be deaf and blind so they decided to end their lives via euthanasia. They decided to end their lives because they couldn’t live without sight or hearing and according to the family it was a huge weight off of the twins shoulders. Although they weren’t terminally ill there was still going to be some suffering so the option of euthanasia was allowed for them. Now here is the counter claim that euthanasia is a bad