EUTHANASIA

EUTHANASIA When most people think of euthanasia, they think merely of death. Death usually has a negative connotation to it although often times it may be beneficial. This understanding is fundamental to euthanasia. The roots words for euthanasia, eu and thantos, mean good and death respectively (Humphrey “Dying With Dignity” 80). This “good death” is often attacked by people whose ideas are shaped by religion, media, and misinformation. In reality, euthanasia provides a way for humans …

…Dying With Dignity” 69). Instead, these people will find refuge in the knowledge that legal, physician-aided help is accessible. Freedom of choice is a basic right to all people, yet today people are unable to choose to have their unendurable life terminated. The choice “to continue to live in pain or to die and end the suffering” will be available with the legalizing of euthanasia (Bernards 153). By making euthanasia legal, the human race can improve itself.