ACTIVE EUTHENASIA

The difference between active and passive euthanasia are not quite as cruel and malicious as commonly thought. Passive euthanasia is the fairly common practice of withholding medical treatment from a patient whose biological chances of surviving are obsolete. This is often considered to be morally correct. This because the patient or immediate families decide whether life is worth the pain and agony. However, this act of withstanding from medical amenities is quite often more painful …

…my immediate families right to put an end to my suffering. It should not be my government's right. The difference between passive and active euthanasia is without a doubt more of a political and legal issue than it is of morality. In fact not only do I feel that Kevorkian is moral, I feel he is somewhat of a hero. Not only to those people he helped die, but just as well to their families.