Euthanasia The debate among philosophers and American society about euthanasia has been going on for decades. The laws of USA ban doctor-assisted suicides, but there are many ethical dilemmas about this issue. Euthanasia is an action designed to end a human life painlessly. The textbook "Contemporary Moral problems" acknowledges that euthanasia "is killing someone for the sake of mercy to relieve great suffering" (184). There are two types of euthanasia: voluntary and involuntary. There is an …
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…that I will agree with Senator to make legal voluntary and involuntary euthanasia. If we will not let terminally ill patients to die peacefully and painlessly, we do not allow individual autonomy to take place. Because euthanasia is ethically and morally right, we should allow terminally ill patients to die with dignity and relief. I believe that it is right thing to do no matter that religious or ethnical issue will rise for other people.