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EuthanasiashouldbeillegalSubmittedby:XxxxxxEnglishWritingDecember15,2009OutlineThesis:Euthanasiashouldbeillegal.(1)Introduction:thedefinitionandgeneralintroductionofeuthanasiaisbroughtabout.(2)Thelegalityofeuthanasiadiffersindifferentcountriesandmoreimportanceshouldbeattachedtoethicsandmoralprinciples.(3)Fromtheaspectofethics,weopposetheperformingofeuthanasiamainlyforfourreasons.A.Somepatientschooseeuthanasiajustbecauseofpoverty.B.Somedoctorsmaygiveuptheeffortstosavethesufferersifeuthanasiaispermitted.C.Theeuthanasiamaybeusedtomurderthepatients.D.Nooneshouldbedeniedtherighttolive.(4)Asurveyisintroducedaboutpeople’sattitudetowardeuthanasia.(5)Conclusion:euthanasiashouldbemadeillegal.EuthanasiashouldbeillegalTheterm‘euthanasia’derivesfromtheancientGreekwordeuthanatos,meaning‘easydeath,’whichcombineseu‘good’andthanatos‘death’.InWebster’sdictionaryeuthanasiaisdefinedas“theactorpracticeofkillingorpermittingthedeathofhopelesslysickorinjuredindividuals(personsordomesticanimals)inarelativelypainlesswayforreasonsofmercy”（Pestalozzi263）.Generallyspeaking,euthanasiaisnotanewproblem,anduntilnow,itisstillacontroversialissue.Theeuthanasiaitselfisacomplexproblemwhichcoverssomanyfields,suchaslaw,ethics,medicalprincipleandsoon.Astothelegalityofeuthanasia,althougheuthanasialawwaslegalizedinsomewestcountries,suchasNetherlands,whichisthefirstcountrytomakeeuthanasialegal,thereisnodefinitelegalprovisiontoalloweuthanasiainourcountry.Tomanyofus,toperformeuthanasiaonthesuffererisnolessthanmurdering.Ofcourse,wehavetoadmitthateuthanasiacanlessenthepainofthesufferertoacertainextentsothatthepatientcandiewithoutenduringsomuchpain.But,weshouldalsorealizethattherearesurelyethicsandmoralprincipleswhichweshouldattachmoreimportanceto.Fromtheaspectofethics,weopposetheperformingofeuthanasiamainlyforfourreasons.First,somesufferers,especiallythoseinpoverty,chooseeuthanasiajustbecausetheydonotwantthefamilytogetinvolvedintofinancialproblems.Astheirfamilymembers,shouldwegiveupandseetheonewhoareintimatetousdieindesperate?Theanswerisofcoursenot.Whatweshoulddoisjusttobackthemandencouragethem.Second,ifeuthanasiaispermitted,thensomedoctorsmayjustgiveuptheeffortstosavethesuffererandabandonthepatientstoeuthanasia,whichmayinsulttheessenceandmissionofthedoctor.Third,inordertogettheestatesofthepatients,therelativesofthesuffererandthedoctormaytakeadvantageofeuthanasiatomurderthepatients.Fourth,lifeisgiventousonlyonce,thus,nooneshouldbedeniedtherighttodie.Here,IwouldliketomentiontheeuthanasiaissuehappenedinFloridaAmerica.ThatisthestoryaboutTerriSchindler-Schiavo,whowasinaconditionofdiminishedconsciousnesssince1990.Althoughatlast,shewasdisconnectedfromlifesupportattherequestofherhusband,thiseventstilldrewmuchpublicattentionandeventheUSgovernmentwasinvolved(Wikipedia).Schindler-Schiavohasdied,buttheargumentationofherdeathandtheargumentationaboutmoralprincipleshavenotstopped.Astotheattitudestowardseuthanasiaingeneralandattitudestowardslegalizationofeuthanasia,doctorRadulovicandMojsilovichadoncemadeasurveyamongoncologists,homecarephysicians(familydoctors),third-yearmedicalstudentsandlawyers.Theresultshowedthatmorethanhalfoftheindividuals(57%)wereagainsteuthanasia,and61%areagainstthelegalizationofeuthanasia(RadulovicandMojsilovic400-412).So,makingeffortstoreducethepainsofsufferer,tryingourbesttosavethepatient,showingmorecaretothepatient,andimprovingtheserviceofthehospitalarereallysomethingmoreimportantthaneuthanasia.Astothelegalityofeuthanasia,differentpeoplemayhavedifferentopinions.Butweshouldalwaysbelievethatmedicalproblemstodaymaybesolvedtomorrow.Sothesufferershouldnotbegivenup.Aslongaswehaveconfidence,theneverythingispossible.Besides,euthanasiaistosomeextentagainsttheethicsandisnotwidelyaccepted.So,euthanasiashouldbemadeillegal.Workscited:Pestalozzi,“Euthanasia:doweknowitanddoweneedit?”,SupportCareCancer,no.10(April2002):263-264.Radulovic,Mojsilovic,“Attitudesofoncologists,familydoctors,medicalstudentsandlawyerstoeuthanasia”,SupportCareCancer,no.6(1998):410-415TerriSchiavocase,Wikipedia,:AccessedDecember18,2009