Different Beliefs On Euthanasia

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                                                                              Euthanasia
        Different groups of persons have put several definitions of euthanasia forward according to their religious beliefs or their morals and beliefs. A standard definition of Euthanasia, terminating a person’s life due to pity in case he or she is suffering from a chronic disease, which has no cure or is difficult to pursue treatment due to different factors (Jackson 55). The social acceptance of euthanasia has created many controversies in different groups of persons globally since, different people clung on to different beliefs, superstitions, and religious principles which support or condemn euthanasia (Manning 78). Such controversies have made it difficult even in the legal acceptance of the act and many federals, especially those having a common national religion such as Islamic states are left at crossroads on whether to legalize it or not. This research paper identifies the major controversies surrounding euthanasia, the major factors that determine the views of people on euthanasia, types of euthanasia and methods of euthanasia.
            A vital fact in euthanasia is that, the decision to die is by close members of the family on behalf of the victim, making some people describe euthanasia as murder (Tors 34). Several factors lead to persons committing euthanasia for their parents and siblings with the major one being, financial constraints. When patients from humble backgrounds suffer unremitting diseases such as cancer or heart defects that require expensive treatments, euthanasia becomes an option. Arguments fed to an agreement that incurring the treatment costs would only increase the poverty level of the family. This makes the living conditions more intolerable and the victim may never recover but die, leaving the members of the family in despicable...