The Right To Die: Shouldn’t It Be For Me to Decide?
What would you do if you were faced with a terminally ill situation? If it were a loved one it could be true that your thoughts were differ from those thoughts on your own. That is said because it is human nature to be a bit selfish and want to hold on to those that we love and hold dear to us. Watching someone die is not glamorous, and it is nothing like they show on television. It is wicked, and it is cruel. A patient is given so much morphine just to be content; it would make a well person high for a month. Having watched both of my grandparents and my best friend all die slow painful deaths, all within a two year span changed my views on feelings regarding the right to die. I have always believed it is a persons right to choose, but it becomes a different story when the person may not be of able mind to choose. Over time I had written two published articles regarding the choice, one entitled “The Right to Die: Shouldn’t It Be My Choice?” and the other “Should Doctor-Assisted Suicides Be Legalized for the Terminally Ill?” For the purpose of this paper, both will be elaborated on, and I will also go on to discuss other aspects of being able to make this decision. Shouldn’t I be able to choose my own right to die, or to live? However, it should also be discussed what happens if one is not able to make that choice and whether either decision is an ethical one.
Have you ever thought about dying? Not so much suicide, but rather what would you do if you were diagnosed with an incurable disease? How about something that “could” be curable but there is no guarantee? Would you want to go quickly or would you mind hanging around for whatever last breath life threw at you? It is a hard thing to think about. Physician assisted suicide is the most common term related to the “Right to Die” movement. The “Right to Die” order is similar to the “Do Not Resuscitate” order. In other words, one is making the choice to...