Legal and Moral Aspects of Euthanasia

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This paper explores the issue of euthanasia. The author begins by discussing Dr. Jack Kevorkian and his court room trials for assisted suicide and then briefly looks at U.S. state law regarding euthanasia. The author also provides a comparison between passive and active euthanasia and reviews some of the many myths about euthanasia. It concludes with a study of the varying reasons people oppose euthanasia, including the author's personal feelings on the subject.

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"The people who are against euthanasia give several reasons for their belief. They believe that family members will talk their elderly relatives into euthanasia, so they can have their inheritance. Or they will withdraw food and drink per relative request. Or it will eventually turn into a situation where doctors and such can decide when it is time for a person to die. Even if the request is genuine, they believe that counseling will help. There is no difference between a well person wanting to die, then a sick. The only thing is one has a mental illness, and the other has a physical ailment. They are not saying that doctors should try everything in the world to keep a person a live. They believe that is inhumane. What they are saying is don't help a person die (Johansen, 1-3)."

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