Euthanasia Euthanasia is one of the most acute and uncomfortable contemporary problems in medical ethics. Is Euthanasia Ethical? The case for euthanasia rests on one main fundamental moral principle: mercy. It is not a new issue; euthanasia has been discussed-and practised-in both Eastern and Western cultures from the earliest historical times to the present. But because of medicine's new technological capacities to extend life, the problem is much more p Euthanasia is a way of …
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…the mercy principle may also demand the easing of pain by means more direct than mere allowing to die; it may require killing. This usually is called "active euthanasia. In passive euthanasia, treatment is withheld that could su cesses and waits for eventual death to ensue; rather. it is one that brings the pain- and the patient's life- to an end now. If there are also grounds on which it is merciful not to prolong