The Case Against Physician Assisted Suicide

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“Every life is precious”... wise words from Rick perry in which many people believe. But there are some, who believe different. They believe that life can be taken by anyone at any time, on purpose. My teammate and I believe physician assisted suicide should not be legal in the United States. Think about all the amazing and talented people we have in this world. Albert Einstein, a German physicist had many accomplishments throughout his lifetime. The most notable award was the Nobel Prize in Physics and he also had a high influence on the philosophy of science. Martin Luther King Jr.; one of the leaders of the civil rights movements. Without his influence in the U.S., who know where our society would be today. Charles Darwin,
As I said before, this argument is solely based off emotion. Where is the line between manageable mental pain and too much? How do we know if their mental pain is actually bad? The answer? You can’t. There are psychological evaluations, but are psychiatrists and therapists supposed to say that there is a level of mental illness where you should be able to commit suicide? That would go against all of their goals which is trying to help their patient get better. Proper care from those psychiatrists and therapists will help you get better. There are hundreds of antidepressant medications out there; all it takes is motivation from the
As humans, the six most important emotional needs we must experience are: certainty, variety, significance, love & connection, growth, and contribution. I want to focus on two of those six essential emotions concerning our ability to function adequately. Certainty and significance. Significance, a sense of uniqueness, individuality and the qualities about ourselves that distinguish us from one another. Certainty, could best be described as a sense of security, safety and comfort in the world. The simple act of offering an alternative to life as physician assisted death does, we are tearing down patients emotional framework contradicting the fact that their lives matter. They begin to question their significance as a result of our legal system. Not only stopping there, we take away their very basic need to feel secure in the world around themselves when they are mentally or physical unstable due to illness. The fact that physician assisted suicide exists and could be legal, sows the seed that their existence on this earth is