01-02-2010, 05:08 PM
The typical argument against euthanasia is that life is sacred. Well to me if you want to protect a person's soul (or whatever philosophical equivalent thereof), what you should be protecting is their humanity and dignity.
I've lost the source, but I read an account of a man suffering what must have been brain cancer in the 1700's (can't be sure of the date). With suicide being illegal, the man lived in screaming pain for two years. His family had to die him down because he kept trying to dig out his own eyes just to stop the pain in his head. That story chills me up to now. There's nothing "sacred" about something like that.
I've lost the source, but I read an account of a man suffering what must have been brain cancer in the 1700's (can't be sure of the date). With suicide being illegal, the man lived in screaming pain for two years. His family had to die him down because he kept trying to dig out his own eyes just to stop the pain in his head. That story chills me up to now. There's nothing "sacred" about something like that.
PS. If you can, try your hand at giving some of the others a bit of feedback. If you already have, thanks, can you do some more?