Reasons: The Pros And Cons Of Euthanasia

Euthanasia or mercy killing both have the same meaning, which is stop the patient who will not recuperate from torment by using medical tools which are painless. Originally, euthanasia is a combination of two Greek words: “Eu” meaning “good”, and “ thanatos” meaning” death”, which means good death (1). Euthanasia has been known for a long time, in world war two the German soldiers who got very serious injuries and mostly would not recover let die(2). Locally, the Republic of Ireland criminalized this action. While in some other countries, as, the United States have three states that legalized euthanasia are Oregon, Washington and Montana states. In 1994, Oregon voters approved the Death with Dignity Act (DWDA) by voting of 51%. Since that

The purpose of this research paper is to provide a discussion on the advantages and the disadvantages of euthanasia derived from several different scientific resources to argue whether mercy killing under some conditional circumstances should be legalized or not in Ireland, based on other countries’

When we see human in pain and there is no meaning of letting him/her live more, we may do something and let them die peacefully by stop supporting their body to live, and save their dignity. Letting them live for longer time means, making patients and their families suffer for a longer period of time (4), whilst, euthanasia could be the best choice for patients to let go, and for other patients who needs organs-transplant to help them maintain a normal life. To illustrate, donating organs from people who are brain-dead could save many people’s life by donating their organs to who in-need. Unfortunately, brain dead people can be confusing, especially for families who have to deal with the sudden demise of somebody they cherish on the grounds that a brain dead person on a ventilator can feel warm to the touch and can look "alive." The heart is as yet beating and the ventilator is pushing oxygen and air into the lungs making the person's midsection moves, if the breathing machines facilitate the ventilation mechanism, which means no one will wake up after having brain death(5).Donating from brain-dead people could means save thousands of lives around the world. An endless list of patients who are in-want of organ transplant due to their organ failure, according to some statistics almost a thousand people just in