Assisted Suicide Research Paper

Assisted suicide is suicide committed by someone with assistance from another person. Usually, doctors whose patients want to die assist it, but anyone can do the assisting. The topic of assisted suicide is of great controversy. Furthermore, in U.S. states where assisted suicide is legal it is restricted only to the medical field. I believe that assisted suicide should not be legalized because of moral issues related to the act. Such issues include the consequences of performing it, the nature of the suicide, and the morality of the assister.

Most of us frown upon “normal” suicide, where a person kills himself or herself. In fact, it is strongly discouraged by our peers. What makes suicide any different from assisted suicide? In both scenarios,

there is a person who wishes to end his own life. In standard suicide, we try to convince the victim to think through and not kill himself or herself. What makes the victims who are asking for assistance in suicide any different? If we offer them assistance, shouldn’t it be of moral advice instead of inhumane murder? If they have some sort of illness, then it is possible they may have physical pain. Nevertheless, many suicides may be caused by emotional pain, which can be, if not more painful, than physical pain. Therefore, assisted suicide should be treated the same way as suicide is. Moreover, if the parents of the victims are against the suicide, how could the person do it? Their mother had carried him around for ten months and spent years raising him up. Killing oneself would not be the proper repayment for one’s mother’s pain and suffering, physical and mental. However, I do not think just denying someone assisted suicide is enough. If you do not say yes, they will go to someone else for assistance. Therefore, one should try one’s best to awaken the victim from his delusional state.
The immediate controversy is that of physician-assisted suicide. Nevertheless, the assisted suicide of this type should be not allowed too. For instance, even though the person may be suffering from some sort of incurable disease painfully and will die shortly, if a person has the mental prowess and determination, they will not waste whatever time they have left. Assisted suicide is a cheap way for people to find an easy and quick escape from suffering. In addition, assisted suicide goes against what a doctor should do. A doctor should help the patient get better and save a patient’s life. If there is no cure, he should at least try to at least help the patient. Killing your patient goes against this moral code. However, if there is no hope whatsoever for the patient, and trying to save the patient will only prolong their suffering, doctors can at least not assist the suicide and let the patient do it himself.
As a result, assisted suicide of any type, physician assisted or not, should be illegal and discouraged. First, the responsibility of such an act should solely be placed on the person himself. In addition, suicide of any kind is immoral and reveals the person as weak. In physician-assisted suicide, this goes against what a doctor should do, being the savior of lives. Hence, the legalization of such an act should never take place.