The ethical issue with euthanasia is it right or wrong to help a terminal ill person to end their life. This euthanasia topic is an ethical dilemma. The question is do that person have the right to end their life if they …show more content…
Does the person has a right to die? The pro side feel that the person has the right to exercise their rights. The pro of euthanasia or physician –assisted suicide feel that the person have ,”the right of a competent , terminally ill person to avoid excruciating pain and embrace a timely and dignified death bears the sanction of history and is implicit in the concept of ordered liberty” (top 10 pros and cons). The story in the top 10 pros and cons, states in their report that, “terminally ill person has a protected liberty interest in choosing to end intolerable suffering by bringing about his or her own death” (top 10 pros and cons).Does a patient should suffer at the end of life? The pro stated at, “Hemlock Society we get calls daily from desperate people who are looking for someone like Jack Kevorkian to end their life” (). The person might want to end their life because they are suffering and they feel it no quality of life for them. The con states that the Activist claim that laws are against Euthanasia but assisted suicide are government mandated suffering , and they allow this as long it not publicize. The pro of a living will it state what a person wants. Living will cannot be refused and if the patient does not want to prolong their life or care, then that person have a write because it’s written and it is a legal document. The con of the living will is , “ not only are we awash in evidence that the perquisites for a successful living will policy are unachievable, but there is direct evidence that living wills regularly fails to have their intended