Morality vs. Practicality: Euthanasia
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Every person on this earth will die someday. It is natural for a living organism to die. In todays society, there are many causes of death. Most die due to the typical condition age. Others die due to a disease or illness. Some may even die due to a fatal injury. However, euthanasia is usually not the kind of death the average person thinks about. Scholar Lisa Yount describes in her book Doctors and Death that euthanasia is doctor-assisted suicide. It is the intended death of a persons life to end his or her suffering. Euthanasia...
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Gorman, Daniel. Active and Passive Euthanasia. CMAJ 160.0 (1999) 857. MasterFILE Premier. Web. 26 Apr. 2012. King James Version. Exodus 2013. The Holy Bible. 1611. Print. Leone, Daniel A. Physician-assisted Suicide. San Diego Greenhaven, 1998. Print. McCuen, Gary E. Doctor Assisted Suicide and the Euthanasia Movement. Hudson, WI G.E. McCuen Publications, 1994. Print. Selle, Robert. The Immorality and Morality of Euthanasia. World I 9.4 (1994) 434. MasterFILE Premier. Web. 27 Apr. 2012. What Are Buddhist Perspectives on Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide ProCon.org. Euthanasia. Web. 13 Apr. 2012. Yount, Lisa. Doctors and Death. Euthanasia. San Diego, CA Lucent, 2001. Print.
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