5 Hawaii doctors offer assisted suicide to terminally ill patients
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2012/04/16/prsd0417.htm
Summary:
Hawaii currently has no law authorizing assisted suicides, however, I group of physicians recently offered to write lethal prescriptions for terminally ill patients in order to test if doctor-assisted suicide is allowed under state law. After hearing of this, the physicians discovered that they could be charged for manslaughter for writing up lethal prescriptions.
Questions:
Do you think that physician-assisted suicide is a moral thing? Why or why not?
Should patients have the option to choose physician-assisted suicide or should it be banned everywhere across the United States?
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ReplyDeleteI think that physician-assisted suicide is morally wrong because suicide on its own violates the purpose and duty of life: which is to survive and adapt. Therefore, suicide is a person willingly choosing to not adapt and overcome obstacles. If a physician assists someone in committing suicide, the physician him or herself lacks is not taking the responsible action. Technically, suicide is just one of the "options" available when it comes to dealing with difficult events. If a physician fails to help the patient out in every aspect, and goes straight to suicide, then technically, the person is committing murder.
ReplyDeleteI believe that physician-assisted suicide is a moral thing because anything suicide is immoral. However, I believe that if a person chooses to end his or her life, then that's how it should be. I believe that the person who is dying has the absolute final decision. For example, a person might just choose to end their life if they are suffering from pain and would rather end the pain than continue it.
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