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JoeMiller
Rager3
HELAII
20February2015
EuthanasiaasaWaytoDie
Euthanasiaisthepainlessdeathofaperson,donebyamedicalpractitioner,who
administersadrugtoendthesuffering,painlessly,butiseuthanasiaagoodchoice?Thisconcept
hasbeenaroundforcenturies.Firstrecordedin500B.C.,supportedbytheAncientRomansas
wellastheGreeks,itendsthe
suffering
ofaterminallyillpatient(Dowbiggin).Howeverthis
processhasbeenoutlawedinmanystates,mainlyduetomoralproblems.Themainproblemis,
theideathateuthanasiacouldbeconsideredmurder.However,thisjustsimplyisnotthecase,in
allcasesofeuthanasiatheentirefamilyisinvolvedinthedecisiontoendthepatientssuffering.
The
passingaway
ispainless,thepatientorthefamilyconsents,twodoctorsweighin,andthis
isavoluntaryoption.Itisnotinanywaymurder.
RecentlyBelgiumextendedtherightofeuthanasiatochildren,thelawpreviouslyonly
allowedforadultstobeeuthanized.Thereisasharpuprisingsayingthateuthanasiashouldnot
beanoptionforanyone.DieWelthasstatedthatthismovementwillmakeBelgiumbecomea
failingnationbyallowingeuthanasiatobepracticed(Bartunek).Ifthepatient,especially06
montholds,weregoingtodiesoon,whyallowthatchildtomakeconnectionswithpeopleinthe
outsideworld,whichwouldonlybe
destroyed
bythetimeofthechildspassing?WithBelgium
passingthislawitendsthe
involuntary
painofyoungbabies.


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Apatienthascancerofthebrain,liver,lungs,aswellasthestomach.Thepatientalsohas
hemophilia,abloodclottingdisorderinwhichseverebleedingiscausedwithanypuncture
wound,makinganyoperationtoriskytodo.Thefamilyofthepatientisfacedwiththedecision
towaitoutthepatientslife,risksurgery,orallowthepatienttopassaway
peacefully
.The
familyasksforthepatienttobeputtorest.Takingawaythisoption,whatthefamilyisleftwith
isriskingsurgery,orwaitingforthepatienttoonlygetsickeranddieinseverepain(Archer
P.26)
Thiscaseissevere,howeveritshowsthecomplexityofthechoice.Inanarticlewrittenin
London,thewriterdescribestheirfeelingtowardseuthanasia.Theydeveloptheclaimthat
doctorsshouldbelookingathowtocarrylifeoutlongerratherthanfindingwaystoendit(Life
istoPreciousforLawmakerstoAssistEndingit).Theissuewiththisstatementisthatdoctors
havealwaysbeentryingtodevelopthebestcareforpatients.However,thelimitationsofscience
andmedicineholdbackcarefortheterminallyill.
OregonistheoneofthestatesinAmericatoallowapatienttoendtheirsuffering,without
euthanasia.TheDeathActallowsOregonresidentstherighttodie,iftheyhaveaserious
condition.Doctorsprescribemedication,butdoesnotadministeritthemselves.Thepatienttakes
theprescriptionandpassesaway(WhatistheOregonDeathWithDignityAct?).Thisshowsthat
theUnitedStatesisonestepcloserindemonstratingitsopennesstotheconceptofeuthanasia.
Itisclearthatthechoiceofeuthanasiaishelpfulwhenitcomestoendingthesufferingof
theterminallyill.Itisdisappointingtoknowthatsomanypeopleareintodaysworldsuffering
andtheycouldputanendtoit.Societymustrethinkeuthanasiaandrealizethatitis
imperative
tocreatelegislationthatwillmakeeuthanasialegal.
PathosLogos


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WorksCited

"HistoricalTimelineeuthanasiaProCon.org."
ProConorgHeadlines
.ProCon.org.Web.20
Feb.2015.<http://euthanasia.procon.org/view.timeline.php?timelineID=000022>.
"WhatIstheOregonDeathwithDignityAct?EuthanasiaProCon.org."
ProConorg
Headlines
.ProCon.org.Web.20Feb.2015.
<http://euthanasia.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=001289>.
Bartunek,RobertJan."BelgiumExtends"RighttoDie"toTerminallyIllChildren."
Reuters
Media
.13Feb.2014:n.p.
SIRSIssuesResearcher.
Web.20Feb.2015.
"LifeIsTooPreciousforLawmakerstoAssistItsEnding."
SundayTelegraph
.13Jul.2014:p.
25.
SIRSIssuesResearcher.
Web.20Feb.2015.


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Grading

Criteria

Description

Points

Content
andIdeas

Clearargument
Supportusesethos,logos,andpathos
4ormorecrediblesourcesused
Antithesisaddressedandrefuted

Organization

Effectiveintroductionandhook
Paragraphsareorganizedaroundclaim
statements
Transitionsareusedbetweenparagraphs
Sequenceislogical

Conclusionleavesreaderwithpowerfulfinalstatement

Voice

Thewriterconnectswiththeaudiencethrough
theintriguingfocusofthetopic,selectionof
relevantdetails,andtheuseofnatural,
engaginglanguage,includingtheuseof
vocabulary.

Diction/
Syntax/
Conventions

Fivevocabulary
wordsareused
naturallyandeffectively.
rd

Writingisallin3
person
.

Quotationsareembeddedandcited
.
03Errorsingrammaticalstructure

12 3
45 x2
=

10/10JackShawGoodargumentsfor
euthanasia
10/10HarrisonJonesClearargument,
used4sources
10/10SelfgradeIdidagoodjobarguing
/10finalgradefromteacher
12 3
45 x2
=

4/10JackShawNotveryorganizedin
termsofsentenceseparationandtransition
6/10HarrisonJonesCouldhavestronger
hookandorganization
8/10SelfgradeIhavetakeninaccount
thesessuggestionsandhavedevelopedwhat
Ibelievetobeapowerfulpaper
/10finalgradefromteacher
12 3
45 x2
=

8/10JackShawSomeofthepartssounded
weirdandwouldthrowoffreaders
8/10HarrisonJonesVoicecouldbemore
consistentandbemoreclear
8/10Ididagoodjobclarifyingandderailed
rarley
/10finalgradefromteacher
12 3
45 x2
=

6/10JackShawUnderlinewordsandat
end,dontuse1stperson


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6/10HarrisonJonesUnderlineyour
words,somegrammaticalerrors
8/10Iredidsomeofthemostproblematic
partformypeergradersandfoundtheir
commentstobeinsightfulandwaspleased
thattheywereabletohelpme.
/10finalgradefromteacher
Publication/
Appearance

typedanddoublespaced
TimesNewRoman12pt.
properMLAformattingheadingthat
includesstudentname,instructorsname,
class,anddate
workscitedpageisincluded.

12 3
45 x2
=

10/10JackShawGoodMLAFormat
10/10HarrisonJonesProperMLAformat
10/10SelfgradeDecentMLAage
/10finalgradefromteacher