Mercy Killing Essay

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Veronica Robles Professor Kern DRWI 0091-7001 25 April 2011 Mercy killing

First, we should have the right to end our lives while we are happy with our live style and still can enjoy the small moments of life. Humanityallowslaws Humanityallowslaws and society soc iety to decide who will live or die through the death penalty; this involves revoking the right to leave trough  preconceived notions of good and bad. Also, we put ourpets to sleep due to a health deficiency or   just even old age but at that moment in time we don¶t consider the feeling of our pets and t he fact that many people say they have equal right as humans and thus should be treated the same. The loop hole there is that we act as agents of death and judge weather they should live or die, yet, we don¶t allow our self to do so when we are out o ut in freedom and have rationality on our o ur side. Second, the enormous economic burdens placed upon the love ones of a person with a terminal illness are unbearable. In many cases the family of a low income ill person cannot canno t literally pay for life support thus ending in a de bt that the patient would have wished to never  have left to its family. For example, keeping someone alive through sophisticated equipment when they are in a comma is highly expensive and the chemo-therapy for a final stage cancer   patient is as expensive but this can be avoided not by offering death as a solution to the problem  but allowing those who see t hat as the best solution for their families economy. Third and lastly, the one with the biggest decision is the main character, the patient whom is suffering the emotional and physical pain o f a terminal illness. The pain of living day in and day out with pain and a n artificial life support is mentally devastating especially if you know t hat it will do no help other than to extend the misery. This T his added to their body¶s physical deterioration and pain is inhumane and a nd barbaric. In conclusion, mercy killing should shou ld be allowed only if agreed upon by the victim/patient whom understands fully the decision and accept s all responsibility. We can¶t allow people to suffer through such agony because it is unfair to let laws and the populous to agree in the death  penalty to a criminal or the death of an animal with equal human right and not allow a full rational human to end t heir mental, physical and economic burden on t hem self and their  families.