Euthanasia
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, is one of the most controversial issues of our time. This
diver se issue raises many questions such as: how should decisions be made,
and by whom? What should be determined as a matter of law and what left a
matter of discretion and judgment? Should those who want to die, or who
are in a "pe ....
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.... "thanatos". In its classical sense, it is
a descriptive term referring to an easy death as opposed to an agonizing or
tormented dying. In Greek literature, euthanasia connoted a "happy death,
an ideal and coveted end to a full and pleasant life." The concern to die
well is as old as humanity itself, for the questions surrounding death
belong to the essence of being human.
All people die, but apparently only people know they are to die. They
live with the truth that life is under the se ....
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