euthanasia

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The word comes from the euthanasia of Greece, meaning "easy to die". In English, euthanasia has been used in this sense since Francis Bacon expressed this phenomenon as "pursuit of kind and comfortable sleep fashion and appearance" from the beginning of the 17th century. Today, this term usually refers to a means to achieve this death.

: Actions and practices that kill people who are sick or injured in order to prevent more pain

Acts or practices that cause death or permission for hopeless or injured people (such as people or livestock) in a relatively pain-free manner for compassionate reasons - called euthanasia

Active euthanasia refers to euthanasia caused by conducting acts such as injecting lethargic drugs, whereas passive euthanasia refers to euthanasia caused by omission of specific actions. Traditionally, the difference between active euthanasia and passive euthanasia is that the latter is to cease or discontinue treatment, whereas the former is actively killed. However, a prominent philosopher, James Rickels, thinks that "active euthanasia is not worse than passive euthanasia". His argument is that there is no moral difference between active euthanasia and passive euthanasia, as the result is the same and two actions lead to the death of the patient.

Euthanasia is intentional killing of dependents for their own interests. There are several types of euthanasia; active and passive euthanasia, spontaneous and involuntary euthanasia, indirect euthanasia and assisted suicide ("forms of euthanasia"). The moral problem of euthanasia is whether the individual has the right to decide how and when to die. Since euthanasia is illegal in all countries except seven countries, most people adopt a moral point of view on this subject, and I believe that it is morally wrong.

There are three types of euthanasia: spontaneous euthanasia (euthanasia with patient consent), involuntary euthanasia (a child can not give informed consent like euthanasia), and Involuntary euthanasia (euthanasia of the patient). In this article, I focus only on voluntary euthanasia. It is the only wise situation acceptable for euthanasia. The other two options are not approved by the patient. The most important thing we must consider and obey is the patient's will because people do not have the right to decide the lives of others.