This document discusses different types of euthanasia including active euthanasia, passive euthanasia, suicidal euthanasia, ortothanasia, positive euthanasia, and negative euthanasia. It outlines views on euthanasia including that it is intentional killing that opposes preserving life, and that healthcare professionals may be tempted to use it as an easy way out rather than trying other alternatives. The document also discusses arguments for euthanasia around patient autonomy to decide how their life ends and beneficence to relieve suffering, as well as views that suicide is immoral as life is God-given.

1. Bioethical issues

2. euthanasia
 Literally, in ancient Greek, “good death”.
 The act of bringing about someone’s death
(directly or indirectly) for their own good.

3. There are kinds of euthanasia:
1. Homicidal euthanasia
 Active Euthanasia: Directly bringing about
someone’s death for their own good.
 Passive Euthanasia: Indirectly bringing about
someone’s death (e.g., by withholding or
withdrawing treatment) for their own good.

4.  2. suicidal euthanasia
◦ - when the subject himself with the help of others resorts
to lethal means to interrupt or suppress his life,
3. Ortothanasia
- Normal death

5. 4. Positive or negative euthanasia
- Provokes death through adequate intervention
- Negative is the result of omitting necessary medical
support.
 In passive euthanasia, the disease is responsible for
the death of the patient,
 while in active euthanasia( direct), the physician is
responsible. This is expressed by statements like, “Just
let nature run its course” or “Stop prolonging death

6.  5. painless death
- Drugs are modified to modify or suppress pain and
not to provoke death

7. Views by T. Gary Williams
 It is intentional killing and opposes the natural moral
law or the natural inclination to preserve life
 Euthanasia may be performed for self interest or
other consequences
 Doctors and other health care professionals may be
tempted not to do their best to save the patient, they
resort to same euthanasia as an easy way out and
simply disregard any other alternative

8. The intent behind euthanasia is two fold
 (1) Autonomy: Euthanasia respects the patient’s
autonomy to decide how the end of their life plays
out. Many patients do not want to spend their last
days being sick or feeble or in pain, nor do they
want to be remembered that way.
 (2) Beneficence: Euthanasia is in the patient’s best
interest when it relieves pain and suffering, or when
it takes away a life that is no longer a benefit, but is
rather a

9. “ to live is to suffer and to survive is to find the
meaning of suffering”
by: Victor Frankl

10. suicide
 Latin word “suicidium “which means to kill oneself
 Immoral bec, it is a total reversion and aversion of
the sanctity of the GOD given life….if life is God
given..then it is god alone who has the absolute
right to curtail it.
 “everyone is responsible for his life before god who
has given it to him.

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