2. WHAT ARE THE ISSUES
• EUTHANASIA IS BASICALLY ALLOWING A DOCTOR TO END A PERSON’S LIFE
PAINLESSLY, WHEN A PERSON HAS A TERMINAL ILLNESS AND IS SUFFERING.
• THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE AND ACTIVE.
• PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT IT IS A HUMAN RIGHT TO CHOOSE TO DIE, AND SOME
BELIEVE THAT EUTHANASIA IS UNETHICAL AND IMMORTAL.
• THIS ISSUE IS COMPLEX BECAUSE IT IS CONSIDERED AN ETHICAL, RELIGIOUS,
AND LEGAL ISSUE. THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT OPINIONS WITHIN EACH ISSUE.
3. POTENTIAL QUESTIONS
• SHOULD THE RIGHT TO DIE BE LEGAL IN ALL STATES?
• IS EUTHANASIA UNETHICAL, IMMORAL, AND UNJUST?
• WHY DOES IT MATTER TO OTHER PEOPLE IF SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO CHOOSE
EUTHANASIA?
• DOES THIS BREAK THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH DOCTORS TAKE?
• IF SOCIETY CLAIMS PEOPLE HAVE THE FREEDOM OF CHOICE, WHY IS THIS NOT
INCLUDED?
• IS THIS TAKING MEDICINE TOO FAR?
4. RESEARCH AVAILABLE
• RESEARCH DATABASES, SUCH AS EBSCO HOST.
• WEBSITES ON THE INTERNET THAT COME FROM VIABLE
SOURCES.
• PEOPLE WITH PERSONAL BELIEFS AND EXPERIENCES WITH
EUTHANASIA.
5. THREE SPECIFIC SOURCES
• NORDQVIST, CHRISTIAN. “EUTHANASIA AND ASSISTED SUICIDE: WHAT ARE THEY
AND WHAT DO THEY MEAN?” MEDICAL NEWS TODAY, MEDILEXICON
INTERNATIONAL, 12 DEC. 2017,
WWW.MEDICALNEWSTODAY.COM/ARTICLES/182951.PHP.
• EMANUEL, EZEKIEL J. “WHOSE RIGHT TO DIE?” THE ATLANTIC, ATLANTIC MEDIA
COMPANY, 1 MAR. 1997,
WWW.THEATLANTIC.COM/MAGAZINE/ARCHIVE/1997/03/WHOSE-RIGHT-TO-
DIE/304641/.
• VARELIUS, JUKKA. "ACTIVE AND PASSIVE PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED DYING AND THE
TERMINAL DISEASE REQUIREMENT." BIOETHICS, VOL. 30, NO. 9, NOV. 2016, PP.
663-671. EBSCOHOST, DOI:10.1111/BIOE.12282.
6. POTENTIAL CHALLENGES
• THIS TOPIC IS HARD TO NOT TAKE A SIDE ON. MANY
PEOPLE CHOOSE A SIDE BASED OFF BELIEFS IN THIS
SITUATION, SO IT IS HARD TO SWAY AN AUDIENCE AND
TO STAY UNBIASED.
• THIS TOPIC CAN BE SENSITIVE TO THE AUDIENCE, SO IT
NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED WITH CARE.
7. WHY IS THIS WORTH EXPLORING?
• EVERYONE HAS HAD LOVED ONES WHO HAVE PASSED
AWAY AND EVERYONE IS INEVITABLY GOING TO PASS
AWAY TOO.
• EUTHANASIA IS A STRONG TOPIC BECAUSE IT IS ALWAYS
RELEVANT, AND IT IS STILL NOT RESOLVED.
