Euthenasia

Question 1

what ae the four types of euthanasia

Answer 1

-active euthanasia
-passive euthanasia
-voluntary euthanasia
-involuntary euthanasia

Question 2

what is voluntary euthanasia

Answer 2

when someone chooses to end their life / suffering

Question 3

what is involuntary euthanasia

Answer 3

when a person can not make the choice to end their own life so someone else, e.g. a family member, or doctor chooses for them

Question 4

what is euthanasia

Answer 4

the ending of someone’s life for compassionate reasons

Question 5

what is passive euthanasia

Answer 5

any form of treatment that may extend a persons lifespan is taken away, e.g. ones life support machine is turned off

Question 6

what is active euthanasia

Answer 6

something is done or given to a person that may shorten their life e.g giving drugs

Question 7

what is compulsory euthanasia

Answer 7

when someone else makes the decision, e.g. a family member, doctor, or the state/
thi is when you kill some one without their permission or against their will

Question 8

what are the three things people for euthanasia argue

Answer 8

• quality of life ; they may genuinely be living in suffering and pain and the kinder thing o do is let them pass
• loss of dignity ; without euthanasia, many experiences drawn out, painful death that that person did not want
• finances ; it is very expensive to care for the terminally ill and elderly and that money could be spent elsewhere

Question 9

what are the things people against euthanasia argue

Answer 9

• doctor-patient trust ; they believe that the act of euthanising someone overrules it as doctors vow to help lives not take them away
• vulnerability ; that the terminally ill could be pressured into euthanasia even if they don’t want it themselves
• cure ; that a cure may be found after someone r takes the euthanasia
• gods place ; that its only gods decision to give and take life and not our own, that this goes against gods will

Question 10

what side do catholics support on euthanasia

Answer 10

• against; due to the Sanctity of Life arguement
• the only allowed way of euthanasia is if someone is given drugs to ease the pain but it also shortens their life span

Question 11

what do liberal christian’s believe on euthanasia

Answer 11

they believe that doctors should work in accordance to what is most compassionate to do and the patients own wishes