Question

In your own word, Defend or oppose voluntary active euthanasia.

Answer 1

I will definetly defend Voluntary active euthanasia.

One of the primary concerns about active euthanasia is that it involves a direct act by a person other than the patient. This being true, opponents to active euthanasia view voluntary euthanasia as murder rather than as suicide. Particular controversy exists over the issue of euthanasia in health care settings where doctors help consenting patients to die. Rather than being viewed as murder, however, proponents of euthanasia describe it as suicide through the agency of another.

Just as one can commit a homicide or murder through the agency ofanother, so one can commit suicide through the agency of another.It can be argued that suicide occurs whenever a person intends to die, regardless of whether he performs the suicidal act himself or has another perform it for him.

Three conditions must be met for an act to be defined as a suicide.

1) The action must, with reasonable certainty, lead to the death of the person engaging in it.

2) It must be known to the actor that his death would be a virtual certainty were he to engage in that act.

3) The actor must engage in that action for the
express purpose of bringing about his own death.,

According to this definition then, voluntary active euthanasia, which satisfies all three of these conditions, qualifies as suicide, and should not be considered a form of murder.