Euthanasia Turning Point

Daniel states that there are three main turning points according to western thought. The first one sates, “legitimate conditions under which one person can kill another. The second turning point states the meaning and limits of self-determination. The third and final turning point states medicine should be prepared to make its skills available to individual to help them achieve their private vison of the good life.”(16) Callahan believes that the turning points can be categorized differently. He thinks euthanasia can be grouped into four categories; self-determination, difference between killing and allowing to die, Consequences, and euthanasia and medical practice. Self-Determination is expressed in this case as how someone values their life
The difference between killing and allowing to die is that, killing is physical being the cause of someone’s death. Allowing to die is difference because they are already dying of an illness, the physicians are just treating the patient to prevent death. As soon as the physician stops treating the patient the illness will then take over, causing the patient to pass away. Consequence, there are three; “the inevitability or some abuse of the law, the difficulty of precisely writing, and the slipperiness legalizing euthanasia for moral reasons.”(18) Euthanasia and Medical Practice, Callahan talks about how medicine should not be saving us for our weak moments in life, because we cannot stand to be in pain. Callahan says “the problem is precisely that, too often in human history, killing has seemed the quick, efficient way to put aside that which burdens us. It rarely helps, and too often simply adds to one evil still another. That is what I believe euthanasia would