The Ethics Of Euthanasia
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Euthanasia, also mercy killing, practice of ending a life so as to
release an individual from an incurable disease or intolerable suffering.
The term is sometimes used generally to refer to an easy or painless death.
Voluntary euthanasia involves a request by the dying patient or that
person's lega ....
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.... of helping someone to die a form of homicide
subject to legal sanctions. Even a passive withholding of help to prevent
death has frequently been severely punished. Euthanasia, however, occurs
secretly in all societies, including those in which it is held to be
immoral and illegal.
Organizations supporting the legalization of voluntary euthanasia
were established in Great Britain in 1935 and in the United States in 1938.
They have gained some public support, but so far they have been un ....
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