LuLhanasla ls Lhe lnLenLlonal kllllng of someone who ls sald Lo have no hope of recovery

from an lllness so lL wlll end Lhelr sufferlng 1he kllllng ls medlcally asslsLed
Luthanas|a has been and st||| |s an |ssue that has sparked many heated d|scuss|ons
because of the eth|cs |nvo|ved |n |t
1he many quesLlons and lssues LhaL are dealL wlLh are
W f lL ls volunLary euLhanasla Lhen does Lhe person have Lhe rlghL Lo end Lhelr llfe
when Lhey wlsh Lo? Were Lhey menLally compeLenL enough Lo make LhaL declslon aL
Lhe Llme?
W ,any rellglons forbld sulclde and so are agalnsL euLhanasla because Lhey belleve lL ls
morally wrong 1helr bellef ls LhaL everyone's llfe ls of value
W ren'L use of palnklllers and swlLchlng of llfe supporL Lhe same as euLhanasla? n Lhe
end Lhey all brlng a llfe Lo end anyways
W sn'L Lhe goal of a docLor Lo save llves noL Lo help end llves?
W 1he docLrlne of double effecL should people be blamed for Lhe second effecL lf Lhelr
lnLenLlons were Lo allevlaLe paln buL knowlng LhaL Lhere wlll be anoLher effecL?
hrlsLlans are malnly agalnsL Lhe ldea of LuLhanasla
W ll humans are of equal value because Lhey are creaLed ln Cod's lmage
W 1he Llme before deaLh ls sald Lo be of splrlLual lmporLance hrlsLlans belleve LhaL lL
should noL be lnLerfered wlLh
W n Lhe blble one of Lhe 1en ommandmenLs ls ?ou shall noL klll" Sulclde ls banned
ln Lhe blble and all forms of euLhanasla are consldered as sulclde
W hrlsLlans argue LhaL lf someone ls dependenL Lhen Lhelr famlly and Lhe communlLy
should be Lhere Lo supporL and care for Lhem all Lhe way LuLhanasla shouldn'L be
carrled ouL lf LhaL person feels llke Lhey wlll be a burden because lf Lhelr famlly really
does love Lhem Lhen looklng afLer Lhem won'L be an lssue
W 1urnlng off a llfesupporL machlne ls noL seen as euLhanasla lf Lhe person ls 'braln
dead' and ls sLlll only allve because of Lhe apparaLus 1urnlng lL off slmply means Lhey
have accepLed LhaL Cod has already Laken Lhem away
W elng LhaL Lhey belleve Cod was Lhe creaLor of all llfe so he should be Lhe one Lo
declde when Lo end lL Slnce llfe ls by Cods prerogaLlve we belleve LhaL Lhe
cessaLlon of llfe musL also be by Pls deslgn We belleve accordlng Lo Lhe ScrlpLure
LhaL lL ls morally wrong for one person Lo Lake Lhe llfe of anoLher" (Lxodus 2013
!ohn 313)
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