What Are The Disadvantages Of Death With Dignity
This paper will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of death with dignity in order to give the reader a clear picture of whether death with dignity should be legal in Texas. I will briefly discuss the reason I choose this topic and why it is important to me. In the conclusion of the paper, I will state my opinion of why I am pro and or con against this movement; therefore this paper will discuss important issues of death with dignity in detail. Some advantages of death with dignity that will be discussed in this paper include: decrease suffering of dying patients which will allow them to die with dignity, thus keeping their autonomy, the use of vital organs in the dying patient to save the lives of other individuals and the reduction
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The 3 most talked about disadvantages with death with dignity include the controversy with religious values, patient and families giving up too soon on recovery and the avalanche effect that is can cause on ethical and medical issues. Death with dignity can have legal issues as well as cultural and spiritual issue amongst society. Many individuals turn to religion and faith during a difficult time to try and find answers. Eight three percent of the American population state they classify themselves as Christians (Kapralos, K. 2009). In the Roman Catholic Church, death with dignity is not accepted and stands firm with this decision. For Christians, “killing of a human being, even by an act of omission to eliminate suffering, violates divine law and offends the dignity of the human person” (Death with Dignity, 2016) The Roman Catholic Church sees death with dignity as suicide, which is considered a mortal sin, it violates the fifth commandment of “thou shalt not kill”. A person’s body and soul belongs to God and he alone can take it away (Our Lady of the Rosary Library, 2016). Other religions that do not approve of death with dignity are: Anglican, Baptist, Disciples of Christ, Evangelical Lutheran, Mormon and Muslim. According to the Death with Dignity organization, the Methodist religion believe that it’s the “individual’s freedom of conscience to determine the means and timing of death.” They have validated the legalization of death with dignity by the means of physician assisted in their
The 3 most talked about disadvantages with death with dignity include the controversy with religious values, patient and families giving up too soon on recovery and the avalanche effect that is can cause on ethical and medical issues. Death with dignity can have legal issues as well as cultural and spiritual issue amongst society. Many individuals turn to religion and faith during a difficult time to try and find answers. Eight three percent of the American population state they classify themselves as Christians (Kapralos, K. 2009). In the Roman Catholic Church, death with dignity is not accepted and stands firm with this decision. For Christians, “killing of a human being, even by an act of omission to eliminate suffering, violates divine law and offends the dignity of the human person” (Death with Dignity, 2016) The Roman Catholic Church sees death with dignity as suicide, which is considered a mortal sin, it violates the fifth commandment of “thou shalt not kill”. A person’s body and soul belongs to God and he alone can take it away (Our Lady of the Rosary Library, 2016). Other religions that do not approve of death with dignity are: Anglican, Baptist, Disciples of Christ, Evangelical Lutheran, Mormon and Muslim. According to the Death with Dignity organization, the Methodist religion believe that it’s the “individual’s freedom of conscience to determine the means and timing of death.” They have validated the legalization of death with dignity by the means of physician assisted in their