PHI 200 May 28, 2011 Running Head: Assisted Suicide 2 The Position that Susan Wo! !aced is not one that I ha"e had to #are nor is it one that I $oud $ant to #e in a %osition to ha"e to &a'e the hard choice !or( The oss o! a o"ed one is a$ays hard, #ut to ha"e to conte&%ate )acceerated* death is e+tre&ey un!air !or the res%onsi#e %erson &a'ing the decisions( So $e need to as' ourse"es, can $e &oray &a'e that decision, and at $hat cost, Susan Wo! $as !aced $ith a &ora die&&a that tested her #eie!s and her o"e !or her !ather( Does she stay %ut in her #eie! that )assisted suicide* is not right or does she %ursue her !athers $ish to acceerate his ine"ita#e death to a"oid %ain and disco&!ort, What $oud Susan Wo! !ace i! her !ather had #een euthani-ed egay at his $ish, Ha"ing a hand in a %ersons death doesn.t sto% the day a i!e is ost( We need to thin' o! the e&otiona conse/uences this decision $i %ay on a %erson.s i!e( Sure the o"ed one is not su!!ering any&ore, #ut 'no$ing that i!e did not ta'e its natura course $i $eigh hea"y on ones shouders( Most %eo%e do not ha"e the a#iity to 0ust !orget a#out i!e changing circu&stances $ithout he% !ro& counseing( Hoding e&otions inside ones se! can ead to &edica concerns such as de%ression $hich can ead to &ore se"ere crutches such as su#stance a#use( Another &ora die&&a that one can !ace is reigion( Most reigion strongy disagrees $ith suicide, assisted &edicay or not( In 1orinthians 2:13, it states, 4If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are(4 So !or those $ho #eie"e in $hat the 5i#e says to #e true than this state&ent can #e transated that a %erson $ho co&&its suicide 6or de!ies the Te&%e $hich is you7 than i!e a!ter death $i not occur #ecause 8od $i destroy hi&( Running Head: Assisted Suicide 2 In &y !aith I do not agree $ith assisted suicide so I agree $ith Susan Wo! in not %ursue doctors assisted suicide #ut rather )acceerated* death and &a'ing sure that her !ather is co&!orta#e in his ast days( I ha"e #een !ortunate enough not to ha"e #een in a %osition to ha"e to endure the e&otiona %ain !ro& $atching a o"ed one su!!er a ong and %ain!u death( As I $rite this %a%er, I ha"e sto%%ed &any ti&es to thin' ho$ I $oud !ee and $hat decision I $oud &a'e i! gi"en the %o$er to do so to &a'e a i!e changing decision !or a o"ed one, such as a chid that is going through the %ain o! a terri#e disease such as cancer( Woud I or #etter yet coud I $atch as &y chid goes through the %ain( I! I coud he% end their i!e to end the %ain coud I, That is a tough %osition, #ut I thin' any %arent $oud do anything to end their chid.s %ain( So I a& torn, at $hat &y decision $oud #e and at the &ora cost at &y decision( Woud I continue to %ut our !aith !irst and trust god $i ta'e care o! her in the end or do I sto% the su!!ering no$, 9et.s ho%e it ne"er co&es do$n to &y decision( With the ad"ance&ent in &odern &edicine, there is &ore o! an o%%ortunity to %ain &anage&ent and to &aintain so&e e"e o! co&!ort in a %ersons dying days( We $i ne"er 'no$ the e+tent o! ones %ain $ithout actuay ha"ing gone through inesses( Which #ring u% the to%ic o! assisted suicide, #ut $ith a the ad"ance&ents in &edicine it is sa!e to assu&e that %ain &anage&ent is &uch #etter than it $as t$enty years ago( Pain toerance is aso u% to the indi"idua that is e+%eriencing the disco&!ort( The e"e o! disco&!ort that is un#eara#e !or one &ay not #e as un#eara#e to another %erson( So hu&an error can co&e into 0udg&ent $hen discussing assisted suicide or acceerated death( Running Head: Assisted Suicide : As ong as &an is in"o"ed $ith research there $i a$ays #e hu&an error and &ista'es &ade in treat&ent and diagnosis( This $i a$ays #e a deter&ining !actor in the decision $ith assisted suicide( Doctors and other &edica sta!! $i #e $eary o! acce%ting ones decision to end i!e $ith the aid o! a doctor( Ad"ance&ent in treat&ent and &edicine #rings ho%e in the cure to !ight incura#e diseases( I ha"e a$ays said that i! it $eren.t !or #ad uc' than I $oudn.t ha"e any uc' at a( I say this #ecause it $oud #e &y uc' to he% aid in the decision to end a !a&iy &e&#er.s i!e &edicay ony to turn around and !ind out there &ight #e a ne$ cure that can he% the& in reco"ery( So at the end o! the day I ha"e sat #ac' and oo'ed at &y i!e, &y thought %rocess and &y #eie!s( Woud I ha"e &ade the sa&e decision as Susan Wo!, ;es, I %ro#a#y $oud ha"e( There is &ore than 0ust &y !eeing at sta'e $hen &a'ing a decision such as hers( Athough assisted suicide is not a #eie! that I a& co&!orta#e $ith, I a& aright $ith a %erson choosing to acceerate his or her o$n death in the e"ent o! an incura#e iness( Acceerated to &e &eans the right to sto% !eeding, and reated treat&ents to hurry the ine"ita#e %rocess o! dying aong( This %ractice to &e is acce%ta#e and not reated to Doctor assisted suicide( 9ets a ho%e $e ne"er ha"e to he% &a'e any o! these hard decisions(
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