For many years now this has been a topic of great debate in the medical community. Whether it is within our right, as humans, to take someones life even with "permission." There are many valid points for each side but I believe that it should be completely out of our power to do something as this.
Many people feel that because they are in pain and suffering that we should just "end their misery." But what makes us think that we are the people who should be making these decisions, even if their is consent from the patient. There is no way of knowing how true the patient feels on having their time end. They could be in a form of dementia, or depression, and not realize the impact that a decision like that could have.
People for years have passed away without any warning or choice in the matter and life has gone on just fine. Why is it that we feel now that we have the power to end someones life? For people of faith they believe that whenever your time comes it is for a reason, it is because the higher power decided that you have served your purpose on the earth. Although this is not a consensus between everyone there are a large number of people, such as myself, who believe the only person who should decide when someone else's time is up on this earth, is god.
There are many circumstances that may attribute to a decision of termination. Think outside of the box and you will realize that there is more to suffering than temporary loss of consciousness and high sadness. Every living being is meant to live, but circumstances change=. catastrophic devastation shatters the precious and delicate gift of life. After all our bodies are just the time sensitive casing of our active soul.
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