Mercy Killing

Mercy Killing is defined as the killing of one person by another and it is classified to whether a person was informed into two types: voluntary and non-voluntary. Mercy Killing is an immense controversy in the society, i.e. not every one can accept it. Nevertheless, Mercy Killing is still legal in some countries. For example, Holland is widely regarded as one of the world's most civilized countries and active euthanasia is legal there. Anyhow, every country has various opinions; some are in favor of mercy killing while others are opposed to. From the oppositional opinion of Mercy Killing, the meaning of life is "to live"; however, in terms of law, a human is not allow to be killed by another and those people said the Mercy Killing is a form of suicide assisted by a doctor.

Actually, I agree with Mercy Killing based on voluntary situation as it is often overlooked that patients have the common law right to refuse any medical treatment. For my opinion, dying patients should have the right to order their doctors not to start or continue medical treatment. Of course, the doctor is to save people's life, but if a patient is suffering from a serious disease and is going to die after three months, a patient is in unaffordable pain and has no hope to survive. Is a person allowed to kill by himself? For example, my co-worker's father was in a vegetative state since one year ago. His family members have been sad and suffering and they felt father has lost his dignity in the sickbed. They all feel unbearable and reluctant. Whether it is better to relieve from suffering? In addition, I disagree with Mercy Killing based on non-voluntary situation. For example, if a patient was brain dead i.e. he or she can not make a decision by themselves and their relatives would like to get a large inheritance. Then, the decision was made by these guys who just wanted to get money. They could very easily open the door to active euthanasia. That's why I disagree of it.

In short, Mercy Killing is an immense controversy in various countries. There can always be disagreements about what is rational and irrational. I think each of us should be able to make our own medical decisions. Thus, wise merciful deaths should be permitted and supported.