Why Should Euthanasia Be Legalized

It is apparent that euthanasia should be permitted everywhere for the following reasons: individual liberty; one’s undesired pain, suffering, and misery; and the individual’s frustration from having a valueless life. First of all, one should be able to understand the term euthanasia. “In ancient Greece, eu thanatos meant ‘easy death.’ Today’s euthanasia generally refers to mercy killing, the voluntary ending of the life of someone who is terminally or hopelessly ill” (Euthanasia 1). …

…sentence: The emphasis of euthanasia should be placed on the purpose of the act, not the nature of the act (Bender 50). Bibliography Behnke, John A., Sissela Bok. The Dilemmas of Euthanasia. Garden City: Anchor Press/ Doubleday,1973. Bender, David L. Problems of Death. St. Paul: Greenhaven, 1981. “Euthanasia.” Compton’s Interactive Encyclopedia. Softkey Multimedia Inc., 1996. Hagen, Richard C. Death and Dying. St. Paul: Greenhaven, 1980. Mabie, Margot C.J. Bioethics and the New Medical Technology. New York: Atheneum, 1992.