Everyone has the right to an easy death. Discuss.

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Everyone has the right to an easy death. Discuss.

The word 'Euthanasia' is derived from Greek and literally means painless, happy death or good death. Today though the meaning has travelled far. It now can mean several things, such as mercy killing, which is the killing of people such as the elderly or mentally ill just because they are judged as not needed any more as they can not contribute to society or assisting in the killing of someone else. The main meaning is that euthanasia is the intentional killing by act or exception of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit. As well as meaning several things there are several types of euthanasia.

* Voluntary euthanasia: When the person who is killed has requested to be killed.

* Non-voluntary: When the person who is killed made no request and gave no consent.

* Involuntary euthanasia: When the person who is killed made an expressed wish to the opposite.

* Assisted suicide: Someone provides an individual with the information, guidance, and means to take their own life with the intention that they will be used for this purpose.