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Euthanasia

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Euthanasia is the practice of intentionally ending a life to relieve pain and suffering

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Euthanasia can be classified as:

- voluntary euthanasia

- non-voluntary euthanasia

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Pros and Cons of Euthanasia

- It provides a way to relieve extreme pain

- It provides a way of relief when a person's quality of life is low

- Frees up medical funds to help other people

- It is another case of freedom of choice

- Euthanasia devalues human life

- Euthanasia can become a means of health care cost containment

- Physicians and other medical care people should not be involved in directly causing death

- There is a "slippery slope" effect

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Religious Perspectives On Euthanasia

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Christians are mostly against euthanasia because

-Life is a gift from God

-Human beings are valuable because they are made in God's image

-The process of dying is spiritually important, and should not be disrupted

-All human lives are equally valuable

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Muslims are against euthanasia because

- Life is sacred

- Allah decides how long each of us will live

- Suicide and euthanasia are explicitly forbidden

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Most Buddhists are against involuntary euthanasia. Their position on voluntary euthanasia is less clear because of

- States of mind

- Avoiding harm

- Karma

-Euthanasia as suicide

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The message of Judaism is that one must struggle until the last breath of life.

-Shortening life

-The relevance of pain

- Hastening one's own death

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