Is Euthanasia Acceptable?
When deciding whether to let our relatives suffer from torture of incurable disease or to help them end their lives by using euthanasia, we find ourselves are in a dilemma. Therefore, it is true that euthanasia is under discussion. Opinions about is are varied from people to people. Some people think that it is cruel to end the life of our relative even if using euthanasia. However, others believe that rather than let our relative suffer so much from the torture of incurable, it is better to end such sufferings by using euthanasia. When asked about this topic, i am in favor of the latter view for the following reasons.
First of all, it is often said that compared with the length of one’s life, the quality of it matters more. If one unluckily develops incurable disease which lead him/her to a state that living is no better than dying, or in other words, even he/she could be taken care of by others, he/she still cannot bear the torture of disease, dying peacefully may be a good choice. On the one hand, euthanasia can make the terminally ill person get relief from anguish of disease. We all know that viewing who we love
suffering pain brings more sorrows to us. Therefore, on the other hand, as the wish of the ill person, euthanasia will also be a relief for his/her relatives.
In addition, from the perspective of social resources, euthanasia can save our social resources. Because social resources used to maintain the meaningless extension of terminally ill people can be better used to cure other people who have more hope of recovery.
Finally, I believe observing the willingness of those terminally ill people for using euthanasia is a kind of respect for them, because in their minds, only in this way can they die with dignity. Therefore, the best we can do to those terminally ill people is to obey their wish.
In brief, after the detailed analysis of the above, I can draw a safe conclusion that euthanasia is acceptable. Certainly, we should not remember that while we allow euthanasia, it is necessary for us to strictly stipulate the operation of euthanasia by laws.