Euthanasia
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Source B
John Anderson
is an American pathologist, euthanasia activist, painter, author,
composer, and instrumentalist. He is best known for publicly championing a
terminal patient's right to die via physician-assisted suicide; he claimed to
have assisted at least 130 patients to that end.
“The best way to die naturally would be a sudden
heart attack in sleep, it’s fast and not painful. But it doesn’t happen to all
suffering people. So, in order to end their suffering I fight for euthanasia,
the most humane way to pass away. The main idea is that I just assist the
person in his or her decision. The patient decides when it is the best to go.
As a medical doctor it’s my duty to evaluate the situation with as much data
that I can gather, with as much expertise that I have and as much experience
that I have. I have to determine whether or not the wish of the patient is
medically justified. The two must then coincide, the wish of the patient and
the medical justification. The person should be allowed to die quickly and
painlessly. However, not every doctor should be allowed to do it because it can
turn to business. The doctors should be specified not by the government but by
the medical professionals and the process is for no charge. The transfer of
money should be involved in this profound situation as in any medical
operations, and the price must be fixed. We have lost the common sense in this
society because of religious fanaticism! People are basing the law and the
whole outlook on natural life, on mythology! That’s why we have all these
problems in the world! Well, I started to develop the whole theory of
euthanasia for my personal needs. You don’t know what will happen when you get
older. I may end up terribly suffering, I want some colleagues to be free to
come and help me when I say the time has come. That’s why I’m fighting, for me.
And if it helps everybody else, so be it. Dying is not a crime. ”
Kevin Brown
is a senior lecturer at Medical University in Minnesota, social activist,
euthanasia opponent. He’s got Master’s degree in religious studies.
“I oppose the legalization of assisted suicide. There
are some specific worries that I want to point out about euthanasia. First of
all, it is not about the individual cases, absolutely not. It is not just
assisting a person in suicide; it is a lot worse than that. It is the message
to society that we legalize homicides! I am absolutely sure that it is a
dangerous thing to do. Another significant issue is that killing somebody, a
doctor kills a certain part of his soul. You can turn to any religion with this
question; the answer will be the same: killing is a sin. So, do we really want
to create the army of murderers in white robes? There is no need to explain
that the life is sacred. The problem of our society is that people don’t know
how to live their lives; people don’t understand the spice and beauty of life.
Moreover, the methods like euthanasia are gone to the past. Today medicine has
progressed a lot. We can solve the problems and cure the illnesses that we
couldn’t cure 15-20 years ago. So, should we really face assisted suicide as
medical methods? Some people would say “yes” in cases of unbearable suffering.
This opens the door anybody who sees their own case as having unbearable
suffering. How can we really justify saying that one person’s unbearable
suffering is not worth another person’s unbearable suffering. So, I think
legislation of assisted suicide will raise more problems.”
1. (a) Refer to the source A.
Look through the graph and identify two trends in euthanasia question.
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1. (b) Refer to source A.
Choose any two graphs (religions) and explain the differences in trends.
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2. Refer to source B. Refer
to Source B. Identify one statement of beliefs in Kevin Brown’s speech. Explain
why you think it is a statement of beliefs and whether you feel it supports Kevin’s
perspective well.
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3. Refer to source B. Discuss
both perspectives and decide who gives the most reasonable argument, John
Anderson or Kevin Brown? In your answer you should support your point of view
with their words and phrases and you may consider their:
• Expertise
• Authority
• Ability to see
• Facts
• Beliefs
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