Contemplating the controversy: Exploring the Ethics and Realities of Euthanasia

Yasmin Bibi Khan *, Reema Oqla Abukhait and Fatma Abdulwahab Dehlab

Department of English, The Applied College, Northern Border University, Arar, Saudi Arabia.
 
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International Journal of Science and Research Archive, 2024, 11(02), 2058–2066.
Article DOI: 10.30574/ijsra.2024.11.2.0735
Publication history: 
Received on 16 March 2024; revised on 27 April 2024; accepted on 29 April 2024
 
Abstract: 
Euthanasia is one of the most debatable and emotive subjects and has remained controversial on ethical, medical and legal grounds in 20th century and it still is. During all this this time public opinion, decisions of courts, and legal and medical approaches to the issue of euthanasia has been conflicting. It has sharply divided scientific & unscientific public to its supporters and opponents. All major religions are strongly against legalizing killing. A majority of the intellectuals are of the opinion that the sanctity of life, as a primary principle, should be given due consideration before legalizing euthanasia or mercy killing. In the current study authors will probe into the approaches of various countries, in different regions of the world, towards Euthanasia. In some Western European countries, euthanasia is a legal medical procedure backed up by the law and it is conducted for the ease of the critically ill patients. On the other hand, we do have countries where euthanasia is considered a murder like any other murder. On the third place, there are many states where euthanasia is a murder committed under some specific circumstances. In this manuscript the authors have tried to discuss different approaches towards euthanasia; how it is dealt with in different countries; it’s advantages, disadvantages and a comparison between the countries where euthanasia is considered as a murder and between the countries where it is a completely legal medical procedure.
 
Keywords: 
Assisted suicide; Murder; Legalization; Mercy killing; Terminal ailments; Easy death
 
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