eir community, or that community ceases to be a community.” People should never feel worthless, and it is morally wrong for the people around them to let them continue to feel this way and encouragethe ending of their lives. Doctors take an oath at the conclusion of medical school to not do any harm to their patients, and instead, their purpose is to help those who are suffering. Active euthanasia not only allows,but also encourages, doctors to go against this oath and harm their patients in the worst possibleway, death. It seems to give the doctor the power to play God instead of forcing them to do theirjob and help preserve the patient’s life for as a long as possible. Dying with dignity is an interesting concept that can be looked at in various ways. If someone is hooked up to a machine whose life is based solely on the use of that machine,then many see this as not being able to die with dignity. Even those who believe this fact though cannot successfully argue that taking one’s life directly through the means of an injection or another form of active euthanasia would be considered dying with dignity. If aperson gives into the temptation of choosing death over the pain they are suffering, then this person cannot truly die with dignity. Dignity is when you face problems and do everything you canto face them, and taking the easy way out by killing this person, is suicide and/or murder,considering the circumstances. Both of those acts are immoral and illegal in our society, andtherefore active euthanasia is immoral and should not be legalized. ...
