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Question of the Right to Euthanasia

//Bottom is a table that has a simple analysis of the arguments for and against euthanasia:// Generally being defined as the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irremediable state of unconsciousness, euthanasia suggests agonizing moral questions such as:
 * Introduction -**
 * ** Arguments For ** || ** Arguments Against ** ||
 * Everyone has the right to choose whether he or she is going to live or die. || Since life is sacred, death is not an option to choose. ||
 * Death is not always a terrible thing. || Regulations will not be able to control the use of euthanasia in case the use of euthanasia is abused. ||
 * Regulations will be able to control the use of euthanasia in case the use of euthanasia is abused. ||^  ||
 * Voluntary euthanasia would be the most realistic and the best solution. || Any type of euthanasia would devalue life. ||
 * We have to consider the amount of pain the patient and the patient’s family members and loved ones would experience. || If voluntary euthanasia is allowed, involuntary euthanasia will eventually be allowed just like the slippery slope effect. ||
 * When you waste all those medical resources for a terminally ill patient, you can use those medical resources to save others in the world such as those in impoverished and conflict-affected nations. || Euthanasia is against the will of God. ||
 * ^  || Doctors are supposed to save life, not to kill life. ||
 * 1.** **Is there a difference between killing someone and allowing someone to die?**
 * 2.** **Is it right for another person to mark a final punctuation in someone’s life in order to save that person from a seemingly eternal pain?**
 * 3.** **Under what circumstances is it right for the process of euthanasia to be held?

**Appendix (Useful Links) - http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/health/euthanasia/basics.stm http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/0/dbab71d01e02db11c1256a950041d732?OpenDocument&Highlight=0,euthanasia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_euthanasia http://www.lifenews.com/nat2491.html**
 * http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/euthanasia/