Euthanasia Should Not Be Legalized

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Euthanasia is a Greek word which means gentle and easy death. However, it is the other way around. It is not a gentle or easy death because there is not a type of death which called gentle in the world. According to writer Prof. Ian Dowbiggin, in Ancient Greece people used euthanasia without the patient's permission. It means that in Ancient Greece they did not care about the voluntariness. Also, there are just few doctors who obey the rules of the Hippocratic Oath. (250) After Christianity, the church found out how evil suicide was and they told people killing another person or themselves was a brutal behavior. For a short time, nobody questioned euthanasia deeply. However, during reforms, euthanasia became known again. According to research that made in NY about euthanasia and assisted suicide, Renaissance and Reformation authors challenged church against Euthanasia and they succeeded. (80) In other words, the church made euthanasia illegal. The reason for this accomplishment was euthanasia did more harm than good and it was open to abuse also it was misused by doctors. Doctors use euthanasia to earn more money and for other benefits. They can kill people by saying there is no preference They can make money by killing people who want to die, but not suffering a disease. Unfortunately, there are some countries which legalized euthanasia. However, euthanasia should not be legalized because, it weakens medical research, it up against with the medical ethics and doctors' duties, it puts pressure on people, and most religions are against euthanasia.

Initially, euthanasia seems like an escape from issues because it brings death unfortunately, deaths prevent medical research which is providing people more comfortable conditions. Medi...

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