In today’s society and scientific community Euthanasia is a controversial issue that generally forces people to choose a side when asked if they support it. In this essay, we’ll be looking at two articles that take on opposing views on whether euthanasia should be legalized and exploring the different arguments that they make for their point-of-view. In the end, I’ll give my own opinion on the issue of euthanasia and whether or not either author’s argument swayed my standpoint one way or the other.
First, you as the reader need to know what euthanasia is and the different types that we see in the world for further context about the subject matter. Foremost, euthanasia by definition is - “the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy.” - according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary. To go along with this, there is also active versus passive euthanasia and voluntary, involuntary, and non-voluntary euthanasia. The difference between passive and active
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We should be able to find some legal way to accord to human beings the relief we accord to animals. The article “A legal right to die: responding to slippery slope and abuse arguments” is the other side of this debate. It shines the light on the fact how this talk of both abuse and the “slippery slope” from the opponents of euthanasia, are using their rhetoric as a scare tactic. It supports the idea that "To be forced to continue living a life that one deems intolerable when there are doctors who are willing either to end one’s life or to assist one in ending one’s own life, is an unspeakable violation of an individual’s freedom to live—and to die—as he or she sees fit