Morality of Euthanasia-

A detailed Summary of Morality of Euthanasia-

"The third night that I roomed with Jack in our tiny double room, in

the solid-tumor ward of the cancer clinic of the National Institute of

Health in Maryland, a terrible thought occurred to me. Jack had a

melanoma in his belly, a malignant solid tumor that the doctors

guessed was the size of a softball. The doctors planned to remove the

tumor, but they knew Jack would soon die. The cancer had now spread

out of control. Jack, about 28, was in constant pain, and his doctor

had prescribed an intravenous shot, a pain killer, and this would

control the pain for perhaps two hours or a bit more. Then he would

begin to moan, or whimper, very low, as though he didn't want to wake

me. Then he would begin to howl, like a dog. When this happened, he

would ring for a nurse, and ask for the pain-killer. The third night

of his routine, a terrible thought occurred to me. 'If Jack were a

dog, I thought, what would be done to him?' The answer was obvious:

the pound, and the chloroform. No human being with a spark of pity

could let a living thing suffer so, to no good end." (James Rachel's

The experience of Stewart Alsop, a respected journalist, who

live in and the parents and the friends we have. We may learn to be

the rule may be designed to cover ordinary circumstances, but when

"But the strongest of all the arguments against the interference of

with the fact that doctors do make mistakes, but they are more correct

probably have little choice in the matter. But suppose you were given

courage to perceive the limitations of our particular moral visions

alike. When people try to decide whether certain actions are morally

choice or action should be embraced.

two choices: to die quietly and painlessly or hope to live and

morally wrong by some people? The principle of self-determination

is the same with moral rules. Without understanding the rules, we may

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