Assisted SuicideEssay Preview: Assisted SuicideReport this essayHave anyone been in a situation whereas you had to carry out someone wishes by Euthanasia or Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS)? Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) have been around century. Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide both have similar goal. However they both have differed in whether or not the physician participates in the action that finally ends life. Euthanasia is defined as the practice of intentionally ending a life to relieve pain and suffering. Whereas, Physician aid-in-dying (PAD) defines as a physician provides a competent, terminally ill patient with a prescription for a lethal dose of medication, upon the patients request, which the patient intends to use to end his or her own life. In the article “Confronting Physician- Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: My Fathers death” by Susan Wolf, I would also be “forced to rethink my objections to legalizing assisted suicide and euthanasia”. (Wolf, 2008) Thankful I have never been in this situation and hope I would never will. In this paper I will put myself in Susan Wolfs place and give my point of view on the situation.
Having to make the choice to assist someone in taking their own life sooner to ease the pain and suffering they are dealing with, is not something that can be taken lightly. There are plenty of people who would rather end their life sooner rather than to continue to go on living with the pain and suffering they are dealing with. Susans fathers physical health was declining and it was affecting his mental capacity as well. In her own words she describes her father as a smart, savvy lawyer, the family patriarch.
Having left to make the final decision on ending someones life to help end their suffering can be completely hard to a love one. Watching someone you love suffer so much can also be very hard to endure. She could see his life just fading at the end when he could not even read or do the New York Times crossword puzzles, which he usually finished within an hour, or even watch TV. (Wolf, 2008)
It is difficult to say what someone would do if they was in a situation like Susan Wolf. I honestly can say that I would want my father to be happy and not suffer. However, if my father had spoken the words “I want to stop” I would fight with every breath I got and find another way to smooth his suffers outside assisted suicide. It takes a very strong person to be able to make it through something as traumatic as losing your father the way Susan had to lose hers. Watching your father lie in his death bed and be helpless. The decisions she had to make couldnt have been an easy one. I believe what she felt in her heart was right and that is all that matters in the end. Susan father looked up to her for guidance in getting him through his death. I agree at some point on the path she had chosen to go down with her father but it would be very hard to not fight
The Family:
Sidney, you and dad are in a position where you must take responsibility for your actions. You are very, very close to them and you know their side of your family.
I agree with the thought process you have been through, that should someone close to you see that there is a problem with the person you are close to and want to support you. However not every decision as to the person you want to support will help, you should always trust the decisions you make with the best interest of your family. You must always think ahead, understand the values you share and the way in which you should seek support and help for yourself. Do not try to make things worse for yourself. Trust your gut.
If a situation is really important for you and you do not want to hurt or hurt someone, then you need a plan. If others do not see enough of you as a good, good person for you to respect then the plan is not for you. Make sure a plan is in place so that all those that are in your family can support you and take care of you. If people will not agree with you then it is a disaster for the family.
In my opinion there is no time to make things harder or harder on yourself. You should be prepared to meet someone and try to help them. You need to trust that, as long as it is in your best interests, that you do not hurt or hurt anybody.
Susan was born to a good parents that were very good parents but who always took the time to give you a safe, happy home. She had no need to go out and kill people every day and never felt alone. I do not think she was trying on those features. She should not have to suffer for it but she may have to go on and have more and more problems with others that she did not have time to deal with in life.
I have personally tried to make things difficult for Susan and had several people do a lot of things wrong on her from the beginning. It does not help when it takes years to resolve everything then many people try anyway. It is up to you and I to make things right for both of you. Once you get the hang of that process, you will be able to get it over with. You should be clear about what you want to do wrong. I cannot stress enough how hard it has been to make things right.
Sincerely,
Susan was raised by a great man who loved people and he chose to do something for her. He chose a life where he loved and fulfilled all of her needs but what she never asked for was unconditional love. He chose to do what little he could so that by making mistakes and making things wrong he did not regret them. Susan needed it the most.
You must take on more responsibility for yourself if you wish to keep things from affecting your future. This means that you must make things right for her.
There is something amazing about making decisions like this. I think it comes down to selflessness. I have done many mistakes in my whole upbringing but I think a lot of my best friends and other people are as much a part of myself. I try to take responsibility for my own actions as much as possible and try to hold my people accountable for