• Who Should Decide when "Extraordinary Means" to Preserve Life Should Be Discontinued?

     

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Published: 05.06.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
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Who should decide when "extraordinary means" to preserve life should be discontinued? The individual, the family, or the government? In my opinion, I would say that no one has the right to end another person life no matter what pain they undergo. Taking away a human's life is considered immoral, unethical, and unlawful, and it is considering a crime. In other word, I'm totally oppose the idea of euthanasia. Euthanasia is "Inducing the painless death of a person for reasons assumed to be merciful?". …

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