Euthenasia: The Ultimate Right

Life is the most sacred thing we, as human beings have on Earth. We must preserve it and embrace all aspects of it. The biggest aspect of life is its opposite, death, and we deny it. If one treasures life to its most, they must also embrace death as well. In society today, death is feared ad looked upon as an evil, but if a person has the right to live with equality and liberty, then that same person should have the right to die with confidence and dignity. This argument has been waged for decades, but the question still remains, Should an individual have the right to decide when it is time for them to die, due to unbearable pain? The answer is yes.

In the history of mankind the most feared, and inevitable, concept of life was death. Even the word death itself strikes fear into peoples hearts. The writer, Ernest Becker, said that "fear of death is universal." There are many cultures that embrace death as a friend and a new beginning toward life. Cultures like the Chinese and Russians see death as a beginning of a new life, by birth and reincarnation. Nowadays, when a person is faced with the question of death, they absolutely have no idea what to say. The reason or this is because death is losing its true meaning. Society today, as turned death into some kind of taboo, and it is taught to be rejected at all times. The matter of euthanasia is one for all cultures to consider as a very serious and mature matter. If one fears death, and does not know all the facts of another persons struggle and pain, then euthanasia is not a subject for that person. It is important to take into consideration the person who wants to be laid to rest, due to his or her painful last days of their so-called life. Life is something we must enjoy and love, not something we regret doing. For those who are terminally ill, life is not just a struggle, it's a constant, unending pain, which they have the right to decide if they want to end or not.