Euthanasia Should Not Be Legalised

Euthanasia is inducing a painless death, by agreement and with compassion, to ease suffering. There are also four different kind of euthanasia; active, passive, voluntary and involuntary. Active euthanasia means carrying out some action to help someone to die, whereas passive euthanasia is to not carry out actions which would prolong life. Thus with regards to the above, voluntary euthanasia is helping a person who wishes to die to do so and involuntary euthanasia is helping a person to die…...

As Victor Fung Keung pointed out in the Observer column ('A person has the right to a dignified death', August 18), most people object to euthanasia without thinking about the subject in a rational way. They ignore the fact that someone who is terminally ill will not get better. And they are indifferent to the suffering and mental anguish that these patients endure. It is cowardly to ignore the excruciating pain they suffer before dying. People opposed to euthanasia banish…...

Euthanasia is a much-discussed topic in the UK these days, particularly when people believe that Euthanasia should be legalised. For some people, the most important question about Euthanasia is "Is it ever right to kill an innocent human being?" Bentham (1843) famously said that all talk of natural rights is "nonsense upon stilts". Yet some people claim we have a 'right to die'. Other people say we have a right to dignity, and that euthanasia can provide a dignified, peaceful…...