Euthanasia

Group 8
1) Mira Amelia Rosvita
2) Mohammad Zaadit Taqwa
3) Muhammad Fauzi Reza
4) Yasmine Nur Fitria

What is Euthanasia?
Euthanasia, also known as assisted
suicide, physician-assisted suicide
(dying) , doctor-assisted dying (suicide)
, and more loosely termed mercy killing,
basically means to take a deliberate
action with the express intention of ending
a life to relieve intractable (persistent,
unstoppable) suffering.
A substance which is used for Euthanasia
is Euthasol.

Euthasol
Each mL of Euthasol contains:
Active ingredients: 390 mg pentobarbital
sodium (barbituric acid derivative), 50 mg
phenytoin sodium;
Inactive ingredients: 10% ethyl alcohol,
18% propylene glycol, 0.003688 mg
rhodamine B, 2% benzyl alcohol
(preservative), water for injection q.s.
Sodium hydroxide and/or hydrochloric acid
may be added to adjust pH.

Classifications of Euthanasia
There are two main classifications of euthanasia:
Voluntary euthanasia - this is euthanasia
conducted with consent.
Involuntary euthanasia - euthanasia is
conducted without consent.
There are two procedural classifications of
euthanasia:
Passive euthanasia - this is when life-sustaining
treatments are withheld.
Active euthanasia - lethal substances or forces
are used to end the patient's life.

Euthanasia in History
(ca. 460 BC - ca. 370 BC)
Mentioned in the Hippocratic Oath
(1300s)
Used as English Common Law
(1800s)
Euthanasia has been a topic of debates and activism
in the USA, Canada, Western Europe and Australasia.
1828
An anti-euthanasia law was passed in the state of
New York

Euthanasia in History
500 BC-16th Century AD
Ancient Geeks and Romans tend to
support Euthanasia. For them, it had
tended to be tolerant.
In 12th Century-15th Century, the
Christians and Jews came. They had
opposite opinion about Euthanasia.

Euthanasia in History
17th Century-19th Century
Euthanasia was rejected by many sides,
like common law tradition, Renaissance
and Reformations challenge, American
Evangelical Christians.
But, in 1870s Samuel Williams began to
publically advocate using morphine and
other drugs for Euthanasia, but he got
rejected by American Medical Association.

Euthanasia in History
1900-1949
Support for Euthanasia had increased. In 1905 bills to
legalize Euthanasia are defeated in Ohio.
A doctor named Dr. Haiselden allowed deformed baby
boy to die rather than give him possibly lifesaving
surgery in 1915.
In 1935, The Voluntary Euthanasia Legislation Society
(VELS) is founded by C. Killick Millard in England.
Charles Francis Potter announced the founding of the
National Society for the Legalization of Euthanasia
(NSLE), which is soon renamed the Euthanasia
Society of America (ESA) on January 16th, 1938.

Euthanasia in History
1950-1999
In 1950, World Medical Association
Condemns
Euthanasia
under
any
circumstances.
Pauline Taylor (1962) and Donald McKinney
(1965) became the President of the
Euthanasia Society of America.
In 1980, The World Federation of Right to
Die Societies was founded that concerned
with Euthanasia and the right to die.

Euthanasia in History
2000-present
There are many countires and state nation
that have legallized Euthanasia, like
Netherlands (2001), Luxembourg (2008),
State of Montana (2008), Vermont (2013)
and Belgium (2014).
Physician-Assisted Suicide Ruled Legal by
New Mexico Judge (January, 2013)

Religions View about Euthanasia

Islam :
Do not take life, which Allah made
sacred, other than in the course of
justice.
(Qur'an 17:33)
Christ :
The process of dying is spiritually
important, and should not be
disrupted

Catolic :
Euthanasia is a grave violation of the law of
God, since it is the deliberate and morally
unacceptable killing of a human person.
(Pope John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae, 1995)
Buddism :
Buddhists are not unanimous in their view of
euthanasia, and the teachings of the Buddha
don't explicitly deal with it.

Hinduism :
There are two Hindu views on euthanasia:
By helping to end a painful life a person is performing a
good deed and so fulfilling their moral obligations
By helping to end a life, even one filled with suffering, a
person is disturbing the timing of the cycle of death and
rebirth. This is a bad thing to do, and those involved in
the euthanasia will take on the remaining karma of the
patient.
The same argument suggests that keeping a person artificially
alive on a life-support machine would also be a bad thing to do
However, the use of a life-support machine as part of a
temporary attempt at healing would not be a bad thing

Pros and Cons

Arguments for Euthanasia
Choice
Quality of Life
Dignity
Witnesses
Public Opinion

Pros and Cons

Arguments against Euthanasia
The doctors role
Moral religious argument
Guilt
Slippery Slope