Why Assisted Suicide Should Not Be Permitted

Why​ ​assisted​ ​suicide​ ​should​ ​not​ ​be​ ​permitted

By:

Yiyang​ ​Lu

English​ ​IV,​ ​Period​ ​8

Submitted​ ​to:​ ​Mrs.​ ​York

February​ ​21,​ ​2017

Lu​ ​1

Outline

Thesis​ ​Statement:​ ​Assisted​ ​suicide​ ​should​ ​not​ ​be​ ​permitted​ ​due​ ​to​ ​the​ ​fact​ ​that​ ​it​ ​may​ ​cause​ ​the

problems​ ​like​ ​“invalidity​ ​of​ ​individual’s​ ​illness”,​ ​“unethical​ ​untrustworthy​ ​people”​ ​or​ ​be

considered​ ​as​ ​“a​ ​short​ ​term​ ​solution”​ ​for​ ​the​ ​patients.

I.Background

II.Invalidity​ ​of​ ​individual’s​ ​illness

A.Doctor’s​ ​point​ ​of​ ​view

B.The​ ​patient’s​ ​point​ ​of​ ​view

III.Unethical​ ​untrustworthy​ ​people

IV.A​ ​short-term​ ​solution

A.Opinion​ ​of​ ​the​ ​patients

B.Opinion​ ​of​ ​the​ ​operators

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Why​ ​assisted​ ​suicide​ ​should​ ​not​ ​be​ ​permitted

Assisted​ ​suicide​ ​is​ ​considered​ ​as​ ​an​ ​extreme​ ​solution​ ​for​ ​permanent​ ​damage​ ​that​ ​occurs

to​ ​a​ ​patient​ ​without​ ​any​ ​other​ ​ways​ ​to​ ​solute.​ ​The​ ​methods​ ​usually​ ​include​ ​using​ ​lethal​ ​medicine

or​ ​even​ ​lethal​ ​but​ ​not​ ​irrational​ ​gas.​ ​But​ ​​assisted​ ​suicide​ ​should​ ​not​ ​be​ ​permitted​ ​due​ ​to​ ​the​ ​fact

that​ ​it​ ​may​ ​cause​ ​the​ ​problems​ ​like​ ​“invalidity​ ​of​ ​individual’s​ ​illness”,​ ​“unethical​ ​untrustworthy

people”​ ​or​ ​be​ ​considered​ ​as​ ​“a​ ​short​ ​term-solution”​ ​for​ ​the​ ​patients.

​From​ ​the​ ​article​ ​that​ ​BBC​ ​news​ ​published​ ​in​ ​2009,​ ​the​ ​report​ ​shows​ ​us,​ ​​ ​"The​ ​data​ ​of

assisted​ ​suicide​ ​during​ ​1998-2008,​ ​the​ ​deaths​ ​was​ ​at​ ​a​ ​peak​ ​during​ ​years​ ​2001-2008;​ ​Even​ ​in

2006,​ ​the​ ​assisted​ ​suicide​ ​from​ ​Dignitas​ ​patients​ ​went​ ​to​ ​a​ ​number​ ​around​ ​200​ ​"​(Assisted

suicide:​ ​Debate​ ​1).​​ ​So​ ​the​ ​question​ ​is​ ​revealed​ ​that​ ​actually​ ​there​ ​are​ ​a​ ​lot​ ​of​ ​people​ ​in​ ​each​ ​years

that​ ​are​ ​seeking​ ​the​ ​opportunity​ ​to​ ​commit​ ​suicide​ ​either​ ​from​ ​the​ ​pressure​ ​of​ ​their​ ​families,​ ​their

workplaces,​ ​or​ ​even​ ​from​ ​themselves.​ ​But​ ​the​ ​problem​ ​comes​ ​out​ ​that​ ​there​ ​are​ ​not​ ​much

countries​ ​in​ ​the​ ​world​ ​that​ ​supports​ ​the​ ​law​ ​of​ ​allowing​ ​assisted​ ​suicide​ ​existed.​ ​So​ ​there​ ​is​ ​even

a​ ​tourism​ ​for​ ​suicide.​ ​Shown​ ​here​ ​"The​ ​Swiss​ ​government​ ​has​ ​drafted​ ​two​ ​papers​ ​aimed​ ​to

regulation​ ​assisted​ ​suicide,​ ​one​ ​suggesting​ ​restrictions​ ​to​ ​the​ ​current​ ​law,​ ​and​ ​another​ ​proposing

a​ ​pan​ ​on​ ​assisted​ ​suicide​ ​organizations."​(16).​ ​​So​ ​why​ ​is​ ​a​ ​government​ ​that​ ​allows​ ​assisted​ ​suicide

somehow​ ​showing​ ​a​ ​will​ ​to​ ​reject​ ​their​ ​decision​ ​and​ ​even​ ​propose​ ​to​ ​ban​ ​the​ ​organizations​ ​for

supporting​ ​assisted​ ​suicide?

First​ ​of​ ​all,​ ​the​ ​assisted​ ​suicide​ ​is​ ​really​ ​in​ ​a​ ​position​ ​that​ ​some​ ​patients​ ​may​ ​abuse​ ​to​ ​use

this​ ​method​ ​to​ ​end​ ​their​ ​illness,​ ​or​ ​pain​ ​for​ ​something​ ​that​ ​is​ ​not​ ​a​ ​big​ ​deal.​ ​There​ ​are​ ​a​ ​lot​ ​of

patients​ ​all​ ​around​ ​the​ ​world​ ​are​ ​trying​ ​to​ ​cure​ ​their​ ​diseases​ ​in​ ​order​ ​to​ ​back​ ​a​ ​normal​ ​life.​ ​Some

patients​ ​will​ ​try​ ​to​ ​fight​ ​their​ ​illness​ ​and​ ​try​ ​to​ ​overcome​ ​with​ ​any​ ​costs,​ ​but​ ​some​ ​of​ ​them​ ​just