Essay On Passive Euthanasia

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Is it ever right to end the life of a terminally ill patient who is undergoing severe pain and suffering?
Euthanasia is the termination of a person's life in order to relieve them of their suffering. A person who undergoes euthanasia usually has an incurable condition. There are few forms of euthanasia which includes active, passive, voluntary, involuntary, and indirect euthanasia, plus assisted suicide. In active euthanasia a person directly and deliberately causes the patient’s death, on the other hand in passive euthanasia they don’t directly take someone’s life but allow it to happen. In voluntary euthanasia occurs at the request of someone who wants to die, unlike involuntary euthanasia which occurs when the person is unconscious or unable to make a choice. Indirect euthanasia is when you provide special treatment to speed the patient’s death. And assisted suicide is when someone brings the …show more content…

They also believe that life has a infinite value, regardless of time or quality, because all human beings are made in the image of God, and just because saving someone from pain is not a reason to kill them or is it lawful to kill oneself to save oneself from pain, they think that as long as you’ve asked God he will answer your prayers. Judaism forbids active euthanasia for they believe it is an act of murder, and shortening someone’s life in any way even if the are goses is considered wrong for all life is sacred. They believe that all doctor and nurses have a duty to preserve life, and doctors have to do everything they can to save a life even when the patient prefers not to. It is said that human beings don’t have the right to kill themselves, so even if someone is terminally ill or in a lot of pain you still can’t speed their own