Religion and Medical Ethics Euthanasia  

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  • Religion and Medical Ethics Euthanasia
    • when someone with a terminal illness decides to end their life.
      • Voluntary Euthanasia
        • The patient has asked for it.
          • asked doctors
      • Involuntary Euthanasia
        • Performed without the dying person being told.
          • life support
      • Passive Euthanasia
        • Doctors give a pain killing drug but do nothing to save the patient
          • Cancer patient
      • Active Euthanasia
        • Doctors give the patient a drug to take the pain away knowing the drug will kill them.
          • Cancer patient
      • Compulsory Euthanasia
        • Performed because a person has a certain illness or has reached a certain age.
          • Illegal worldwide
    • Non religious
      • For
        • We should be able to choose how we die.
        • Lessons the pain
        • shouldn't have to live when no chance of getting better.
        • stops the suffering of relatives.
        • the health you have is more important than the length
        • A life of pain and suffering can be as bad as dying
        • it gets rid of people who are no longer useful
      • Against
        • It is unnecessary when there are pain killing drugs.
        • The patient might not be in the right state of mind.
        • It could be abused.
        • Patients may not trust doctors.
        • People could be talked into euthanasia for the wrong reasons.
        • It is no better than murder.
        • It is not fair to expect doctors to kill patients.
        • Mistakes can happen.
    • Christianity
      • Against
        • Sanctity of life
          • "If we live, we live to the lord, if we die we die to the lord"  Corinthians 6:19
          • Pope:  "Euthanasia was a grave violation to the law of God"
        • holy spirit
          • your body is a temple
            • "surely you know that you are God's temple"   Corinthians
        • Life is a special gift
          • As a gift it should be treated with respect and dignity, since it is unique and sacred.
        • It could bring about a change in our relationships with other people
        • Is like murder
          • "Thou shall not kill"
      • For
        • No Christians agree with Euthanasia
    • Other Religions
      • Hindus
        • Doctors should not accept a patients request for euthanasia.
          • will cause the soul and the body to be separated at an unnatural time.
            • The result will damage the karma of both the patient and the doctor.
        • cannot be allowed because it breaches the teaching of ahimsa(doing no harm)
        • helping to end a painful life.
          • performing a good deed and so fulfilling their moral obligations.
      • Jews
        • human life is sacred
          • it is wrong for anyone to shorten it.
        • Our lives are not for us to dispose of as we feel.
        • All life is of infinite value, regardless of its duration or quality
          • All humans are made in the image of God.
        • Saving a person from pain is not a reason to kill them.

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