Is Physician Assisted Suicide Wrong?

Walter J. Bargen
PHL 162
IS PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE WRONG?
The generator Richard Doerflinger begins his disputation by injecting a religious statement that we are created in Gods likeness and accordingly should honor our bodies and our self as we should honor God. I do believe in that statement, but all statements can be taken out of context and I believe he has done so with this one. He continues by stating, We should have more(prenominal) respect for human disembodied spirit, and have safeguards against the deliberate destruction of life are thus seen as necessary to protect immunity and all other human goods. Doerflinger continues by arguing for shore leave and states that suicide is not the net exercise of freeedom but its ultimate self-contradiction. He states that this single act w diabetic remove future options of choice.
There are times when people thrust statements that make you sit and wonder and one of those statements is Ending a hapless life of suffering may be good, but shutting a long life of suffering is better. This argument does not consider the options of choice at any disposed moment but makes a life of misery a better reason to ends one life over that of a terminal illness.




The authors argument on the slippery slope does the regular slippery slope argument in that if the taboo against back up suicide is removed it will lead to destructive expansions of the right hand to kill the innocent, being the mentally ill or unconscious, I would asume. Next the psychological vulnerablilty of the elderly and dying patients is mentioned where they may flow to be convinced that they are a burden on society thereby getting the elderly to request that they be removed or killed would come easier. Another issue is the increase health care costs for caring for the terminally ill patients may create society to question if it is worth the get down to provide for the care of this segment of society since they will not provide benefit back.
The overall argument by the author is that...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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