Euthanasia . If people express a desire to die peacefully in their old age after losing all major body functions they should be given the option of euthanasia.

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Euthanasia

Anna Templin

PHI103: Informal Logic (GSK1046C)

Russell Tompkins

December 16, 2010

Euthanasia

Part I: Thesis

Euthanasia comes from a Greek word that is defined as being "an easy death, or mode of dying" as defined in the 1929 copy writes of the Merriam Webster Dictionary (p.347). When most people hear the word euthanasia they think of the holocaust. The euthanasia program lead by the Nazi party is not what euthanasia is. Euthanasia is the act of assisted suicide, or the conscience choice "to die with the aid of another person, ideally a physician" (Templin, 2010, ¶1). Euthanasia is a way for the infirmed and terminally ill to die with dignity, peaceably on their own terms. In many places euthanasia is illegal, but euthanasia should be available for people who suffer from incurable diseases and the infirmed if they no longer have the desire to live.

If people express a desire to die peacefully in their old age after losing all major body functions they should be given the option of euthanasia. Terminally ill people who know they will not live for long and their short span