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Nomathemba Sibanda-Grp 22
Tatenda Musokeri-Grp 23
Tatenda Masuku-Grp 23
Larry Magwegwe-Grp 23
Vongai Taziveyi-Grp 23
WHAT IS EUTHANASIA?

THE TERM EUTHANASIA ORIGINALLY MEANS “ GOOD DEATH”

IN MODERN SOCIETY IT HAS COME TO MEAN A DEATH FREE OF ANY ANXIETY AND PAIN .
EUTHANASIA IS OFTEN DONE THROUGH THE USE OF MEDICATION  EUTHANASIA HAS BEEN TERMED
AS “MERCY KILLING” - DELIBERATELY PUTTING AN END TO SOMEONE’S LIFE IN ORDER
TO SPARE THE INDIVIDUAL’S SUFFERING
EUTHANASIA IS BROUGHT ABOUT BY A DOCTOR PROVIDING DRUGS OR AN INJECTION TO BRING A
PEACEFUL END TO THE DYING PROCESS.
TYPES OF EUTHANASIA

THERE ARE 3 TYPES OF EUTHANASIA

1. ACTIVE EUTHANASIA
2. PASSIVE EAUTHANASIA
3. PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE
TYPES OF
EUTHANASIA ACTIVE EUTHANASIA
 THIS INVOLVES THE DIRECT ADMINISTRATION OF A LETHAL
SUBSTANCE OR CHEMICAL TO A PATIENT BY ANOTHER PARTY
"WITH MERCIFUL INTENT" 

PASSIVE EUTHANASIA
 THIS IS WHEN A THIRD PARTY ALLOWS A PATIENT TO DIE BY
EITHER:
1. NOT INTERVENING WITH A TREATMENT AT ALL
2. DISCONTINUING A TREATMENT WHEN THE SITUATION IS
FUTILE
PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE
vTHE PATIENT SELF ADMINISTERS THE LETHAL DOSE THAT HAS
BEEN PRESCRIBED BY A PHYSICIAN WHO KNOWS THE PATIENT
INTENDS TO USE IT TO END HIS OR HER OWN LIFE
 1. LEGALIZING EUTHANASIA WOULD HELP
ALLEVIATE SUFFERING OF TERMINALLY ILL
PATIENTS . IT WOULD BE INHUMAN AND
UNFAIR TO MAKE THEM ENDURE THE
UNBEARABLE PAIN
2. INCASE OF INDIVIDUALS SUFFERING FROM
PROS OF INCURABLE DISEASES OR IN CONDITIONS
WHERE EFFECTIVE TREATMENT WOULDN'T
EUTHANASIA AFFECT THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE THEY SHOULD
BE GIVEN THE LIBERTY TO CHOOSE INDUCED
DEATH.
3. ALSO THE MOTIVE OF EUTHANASIA IS TO AID
IN DYING PAINLESS HENCE IT SHOULD BE
CONSIDERED AND ACCEPTED BY LAW.
4. IN AN ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE MEDICAL AND EMOTIONAL CARE TO THE PATIENT 
• A DOCTOR SHOULD PRESCRIBE MEDICINES THAT WILL RELIEVE HIS SUFFERING EVEN IF THE
MEDICATIONS CAUSE GROSS SIDE EFFECTS
• THIS MEANS DEALING WITH  AGONY AND DISTRESS SHOULD BE THE PRIORITY EVEN IF IT
AFFECTS THE LIFE EXPECTANCY
• EUTHANASIA SHOULD BE A NATURAL EXTENSION OF A PATIENT’S RIGHT.
• ALLOWING HIM TO DECIDE THE VALUE OF LIFE AND DEATH FOR HIM.
• MAINTAINING LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS AGAINST THE PATIENTS,S WISH IS CONSIDERED
UNETHICAL BY LAW AS WELL AS MEDICAL PHILOSOPHY
5. SOME MIGHT SAY FAMILY HEIRS WOULD MISUSE THE EUTHANASIA 
vRIGHTS FOR WEALTH - THIS IS NOT TRUE 
vTHE REASON BEING EVEN IN THE ABSENCE OF LEGALIZED MERCY KILLING, THE
RELATIVES CAN WITHDRAW THE LIFE SUPPORT 
vSYSTEMS THAT COULD LEAD TO EARLY DEATH OF THE SAID INDIVIDUAL
vTHIS CAN BE CONSIDERED AS PASSIVE INVOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA. HERE THEY ARE
NOT CAUSING THE DEATH BUT PASSIVELY WAITING FOR IT WITHOUT THE PATIENT’S
CONSENT
IT CAN BE INFERRED THAT THOUGH EUTHANASIA IS
BANNED WORLDWIDE

PASSIVE EUTHANASIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUT THERE

WHICH CAN BE CALLED PASSIVE KILLING AND MOREOVER
LAW DOES NOT PROHIBIT IT

DISRESPECT AND OVER USE OF PASSIVE EUTHANASIA HAS

ALWAYS EXISTED AND WILL BE PRACTISED BY
SURROGATES WITH FALSE MOTIVES. THESE ARE THE ONES
WHO DO NOT NEED LAW TO DECIDE FOR ONE'S LIFE
vPRESENT LEGAL RESTRICTIONS LEAVES BOTH THE
INCURABLE PATIENTS AS WELL PRO-EUTHANSIA ACTIVISTS
HELPLESS TO THOSE WHO APPROVE EUTHANASIA AS
GOODWILL GESTURE FOR PATIENT'S DIGNITY
vHEALTHCARE COSTS WILL ALWAYS BE A CONCERN TO
THE FAMILY IRRESPECTIVE OF EUTHANASIA BEING
LAGALIZED
 MERCIFUL KILLING WOULD CAUSE A DECLINE IN MEDICAL CARE
AND CAUSE VITIMISATION OF THE MOST VULNERABLE SOCIETY. CONS OF
WOULD KILLING TRANSFOM ITSLEF FROM "THE RIGHT TO DIE" TO
"THE RIGHT TO KILL" EUTHANASIA
 MERCIFUL KILLING IS MORALLY INCORRECT AND SHOULD
BE FORBIDEN BY LAW. IT IS A HOMICIDE AND MURDERING
ANOTHER HUMAN CANNOT BE RATIONALISED UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES
 HUMAN LIFE DESERVE EXCEPTIONAL SECURITY AND PROTECTION 
 HUMAN LIFE DESERVES EXCEPTIONAL SECURITY AND PROTECTION.
ADVANCED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY HAS MADE IT 
 POSSIBLE TO ENHANCE HUMAN LIFESPAN AND QUALITY OF LIFE 
 PALLIATIVE CARE AND REHABILITATION CENTERS ARE BETTER
ALTERNATIVES TO HELP DISABLED OR PATIENTS APPROACHING
DEATH LIVE A PAIN FREE AND BETTER LIFE
 FAMILY MEMBERS INFLUENCING THE PATIENT’S DECISION
INTO EUTHANASIA FOR PERSONAL GAINS LIKE WEALTH 
INHERITANCE 
 IS ANOTHER ISSUE. THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN BE REALLY
SURE IF THE DECISION TOWARDS ASSISTED SUICIDE IS
VOLUNTARY OR FORCED BY OTHERS.
 LEGALIZING EUTHANASIA WOULD BE LIKE EMPOWERING
LAW ABUSERS AND INCREASING DISTUST OF PATIENTS
TOWARDS DOCTORS
 EVEN DOCTORS CANNOT FIRMLY PREDICT PERIOD OF
DEATH AND WHETER THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF REMISSION
OR RECOVERY WITH OTHER ADVANCED TREATMENTS HENCE
IMPLIMENTING EUTHANASIA WOULD MEAN MANY
UNLAWFUL DEATHS THAT COULD HAVE WELL SURVIVED
LATER
• THE TERRIBLE SUFFERING IS NOT AN ETHICAL REASON TO
FAVOUR EUTHANASIA. SUFFERING AND PAIN HAVE A
MEANING AND CANNOT BE FACED WITHOUT A RECOURSE
OF EUTHANASIA
• LIFE IS INVIOLABLY SACRED AND NOTHING CAN JUSTIFY
THE TERMINATING OF HUMAN LIFE INCLUDING
INTOLERABLE SUFFERING
• CONECERING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IT IS HELD THAT
NOONE HAS AUTHORITY TO SAY THAT A PARTICULAR LIFE,
THE LIFE OF A PATIENT IS NOT WORH LIVING BECAUSE OF
THE LOW QUALITY OF LIFE
CONCLUSION • EUTHENASIA IS UNETHICAL AGT THE LEVEL OF REASON.
THE PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITY OF SOCIETY AND
GOVERNMENT IS TO PROTECT LIFE. PRECISELY THE
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILTY OF SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT
IS TO TAKE CARE OF IT'S MEMBER AND PROTECT THEM
FROM ANY DANGER OR THREAT. 
• OUR HUMAN REASON MAKES GENERALLY CLEAR THAT
KILLING ANOTHER HUMAN BEING IS UNETHICAL FOR IT IS
AGAINST HUMAN DIGNITY AND RIGHT, BEGINNING WITH
THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO LIFE OF EVERY HUMAN
BEING. THUS THE LEGALIZATION OF EUTHANASIA WOULD
BE A FAILURE OF SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT TO SAFE
GUARD IT'S MEMBERS FROM LEGAL KILLING.
• IF A PHYSICIAN'S ROLE IS TO TAKE YOUR LIFE AS WELL AS
TO PRESERVE IT THAT INJECTS A LOT OF AMBIGUITY INTO
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PATIENT AND DOCTOR.
• MOREOVER THIS WOULD DISTROY THE SPECIAL ROLE
OF PHYSICIAN " THE HEALER PAREXCELLENCE" 
• LEGALIZATION OF PRACTICE OF EUTHANASIA
DEFINITELY DAMAGES THE PROFESSION OF DOCTORS AS
IT PROMOTES KILLING OF PATIENTS UNDER THEIR CARE.
• ULTIMATE ROLE OF PHYSICIAN WILL ALWAYS BE TO HEAL
AND PRESERVE LIVES RATHER THAN TERMINATE IT.