MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH euthanasia
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- Created on: 15-05-16 12:47
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- religion and life MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH euthanasia
- non religious in favour
- may be the lesser of two evils, if someone is in grate pain and its hurting the family to see
- if an animal were suffering we would put it down as it is the most humane thing to do
- we should have freedom on what we want to do with our lives
- keeping someone on a life support machine means they have poor quality of life
- non religious against
- euthanasia is just a fancy word for murder and murder is illegal
- drugs like morphine can be used to control pain
- it is wrong to have to ask a doctor who has signed an oath to save people, to kill someone
- in the future there may be a cure for the disease and that person would of died for nothing, causing grief for the family
- Christian attitudes
- life is holy and belongs to God therefore he should be the only one to take and create life. Euthanasia goes against him
- Jesus dealt with his suffering on the cross for us, so we should cherish and preserve life not end it
- God tells us not to kill in the 10 commandment
- in the bible it says love thy neighbor and euthanasia might be the most loving option
- Muslim attitudes
- if that person is brain dead then Allah has already taken that person
- thought of as suicide which is condemmed in the qur'an
- only god can decide when we die - AL qadar
- non religious in favour
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