MERCY KILLING BY Quinto Kevin Andrew Tumapang Mc
MERCY KILLING BY: Quinto, Kevin Andrew Tumapang, Mc Arthur
• “Mercy killing” is simply another word for “euthanasia” in most English-language dictionaries. Euthanasia and, therefore, mercy killing is “the act of putting a person or animal to death painlessly or allowing them to die by with holding medical services, usually because of a painful and incurable disease. ” What is mercy killing?
• Review(History) According to the historian, the origin of the contemporary debate on euthanasia started in 1870. Nevertheless, euthanasia was debated and practiced along before that date. History
• Voluntary Euthanasia • Non – Voluntary Euthanasia • In – Voluntary Euthanasia Types of Euthanasia
• Voluntary Euthanasia The person killed has requested to be killed. • Non – Voluntary Euthanasia • In – Voluntary Euthanasia Types of Euthanasia
• Voluntary Euthanasia • Non – Voluntary Euthanasia When the person who is killed made no request and gave no consent. • In – Voluntary Euthanasia Types of Euthanasia
• Voluntary Euthanasia • Non – Voluntary Euthanasia • In – Voluntary Euthanasia When the person who is killed without his will. Types of Euthanasia
• It frees up hospital beds and resources • It ends the patient life because he/she is already terminally ill • It relieves suffering • Relatives spared the agony of watching their loved ones deteriorate beyond recognition • It reduces the spread of diseases • It removes the economic burden from relatives Why people practice mercy killing?
• It is not moral to end the patient's life because he has the right to live longer • It is murder • Sanctity of life • Making the decision for yourself, or others? • Voluntary Euthanasia gives doctors too much power Why others doesn’t agree with mercy killing?
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