In conclusion, Active Euthanasia may seem to be a very uncomfortable topic for many, the reason still seems to be unclear, but it shouldn’t be concern to those who aren’t enduring such pain and anguish no other should have a say in a persons decision to want to end their suffering, medically speaking. The things I have learned have satisfied me with the fact that active euthanasia should be seen as empowering, the person has ultimate control with the situation, I also learned that it is far more expensive to keep someone alive especially with all their medical treatments that will do no help when a persons situation is far from help, I never saw it in that way. I believe that people who are curious with this topic should always start by reading James Rachel’s article, since it informs about passive and active euthanasia and lets the audience build their own opinion about Euthanasia.
Author: Alondra Anzures
Active and Passive Euthanasia- https://sites.ualberta.ca/~bleier/Rachels_Euthanasia.pdf
This article is written by James Rachels he was a philosopher who focused on ethics and animal rights. This article is very useful in that it introduced the topic of active euthanasia very well, he mentions passive euthanasia which is a huge contrast of course.
When Self Determination Runs Amok- Daniel Callahan
Callahan is a huge contrast to what James Rachels expressed in his article,( I’m not sure if I want to use his as part of my annotation I like his and I know that in an actual research paper there is always a contrast) Callahan splits his ideas very well and although he doesn’t agree with active euthanasia I believe that without noticing he still provides a good example on why it should be legal in the US
Rahmani had a real hard time expressing himself creatively, he didn’t feel the need to unlock his thoughts anywhere or to anyone, for no one around him at the moment could improve him, he deserved better so he thought. It seemed that for the most part his intellectual home was his mind alone, In his mind he could judge and guard his thoughts, but being in this ego state he never aloud himself to grow academically for he thought he knew better or enough. This however changed completely when his second semester English class assigned him to read Hemingway, he recognized Hemingway he was smart like that, but what he knew best was how to underestimate others, he let himself think he was the only one to understand the message of “Cat in the Rain” so to his surprise the girl he labeled dumb taught him that this amazing author he knew was a misogynist. This was the spark he needed to recognize others’s potential, he saw the class expand with wonder so it encouraged him to let his guard down and expand this wonder with them. As he moved forward in this college he finally was inspired to express himself the way he always wanted to and strengthen his thoughts and knowledge to and even higher level. His intellectual home became city tech.
