Euthanasia

Euthanasia is a touchy subject around the whole world, where arguments arise whether is should be legal in Australia. There are different types of euthanasia described as this:

Euthanasia: the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit. (The key word here is "intentional". If death is not intended, it is not an act of euthanasia)

Voluntary euthanasia: When the person who is killed has requested to be killed.

Non-voluntary: When the person who is killed made no request and gave no consent.

Involuntary euthanasia: When the person who is killed made an expressed wish to the contrary.

Assisted suicide: Someone provides an individual with the information, guidance, and means to take his or her own life with the intention that they will be used for this purpose. When it is a doctor who helps another person to kill themselves it is called "physician assisted suicide."

Euthanasia By Action: Intentionally causing a person's death by performing an action such as by giving a lethal injection.

Euthanasia By Omission: Intentionally causing death by not providing necessary and ordinary (usual and customary) care or food and water.

In my opinion, according to these definitions I think voluntary euthanasia is the right thing to do in this situation. I feel as though with non-voluntary euthanasia it is just an excuse for murder, as there is a person deciding whether or not you die, therefore it is not your own decision. Euthanasia is hard for somebody to express their views on when they have not been put in the position. Obviously, if you are a close relative and you chose to kill the family member to put them out of misery, then you would not see this as murder, but some people would. Therefore there is no outcome that would suffice for anybody, so I don’t think that there should be any legal law on it and that these definitions see fit to describe what people have to decide when euthanasia is a decision.