Euthanasi Is Euthanasia Moral - 1889 Words

Allison Siegel Biomedical Ethics, PHIL 3180 Essay #1: Is Euthanasia Moral â€Å"Is Euthanasia Moral?† Healthcare is a huge issue in today’s society. Doctors and nurses throughout the world discuss different topics to try to find cures and support many health issues that people have to face. One such issue, that gives rise to much controversy, is that of euthanasia. This is the act of killing or permitting the death, in a painless manner. Euthanasia is very case-to-case, but no matter the situation, it should never be forced upon anyone. The very first time I recall learning about euthanasia was when some of my childhood pets fell ill. At ten years of age, my beloved maine-coon, Pooh Bear, was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. My parents discussed treatment, but tried explaining to my ten year old self that the intense radiation would have only prolonged her already miserable state, and it was too costly of a bill to simply put off an inevitable death. They told me she had to be â€Å"put to sleep.† This was â€Å"putting her out of her misery.† As an animal lover and an attached, emotional child, I cried for days on end and argued that we didn’t know how she felt. This is unfair to her. One would never make such a decision for another human being. Right? My dad, being in law enforcement for twenty-something years, told me that there are such situations in the world similar to this, involving people, and I would learn this as I got older. I never realized how true this was, as