Ethical Euthanasia

Euthanasia and its Ethical Issues Euthanasia can be defined as the deliberate killing of a person for the benefit of that individual. In most cases, euthanasia is carried out because the person, who dies, asks for it; but there are situations in which the patients are unconscious or in a coma or not mentally stable enough to make the decision for themselves. (Wikipedia, 2010) Euthanasia is one of the major ethical topics all around the world; there are people who believe that if a patient chooses to die a painless death, he or she should be allowed to do so, and there are people who believe that euthanasia is against the law or their own religion and so, it should not be performed.
People should be allowed to die in dignity and without pain. There are times in one’s life when he or she has to make a decision to follow their heart or to follow the law; this is one of those times. The doctor can inject the person so they can die without sorrow and pain, and take the risk of escaping the penalties or facing the consequences; or
As a result of which some people who are ill are not able to get access to a lot of medical recourses. At the same time, those supplies are being used on people who cannot be cured. Most of these medicines include pain killers, morphine and other drugs that can reduce pain. Allowing such people to commit euthanasia would not only let them have what they want but also make valuable resources available to those who wish to live and actually have a better chance of making it than the ones who these supplies are used on. Painkillers or pain suppressors aren’t the only medical resources that are exhausted; there are also antibiotics and many other drugs which could be used to keep someone alive provided they were available. But no one pays any attention to this, because Euthanasia is against the