I am reading newspaper and found that one lady from karanataka (HB Karibasamma, a 70-year-old woman) also filed a case for mercy killing due to illness.
Karibasamma is suffering from intervertebral disc prolapse, commonly known as slip disc. The ailment affects the spine, tearing its outer fibrous ring and swelling the soft central portion. The tears in the disc ring may result in inflammatory chemical mediators which cause severe pain. Karibasamma, who is also diabetic, is suffering from the ailment for the past 10- 11 years.She had been giving representations to various authorities seeking permission to end her life from 2003.
She is asking it form 2003 and still wating for court to grant the right to die with dignity . but still no progress in this case and many other similar cases.
I am thinking about this and internet found one other person who's also filed a case
(SV Srinivas Rao seeking its permission for mercy death for himself and the rest of the family)
SV Srinivas Rao had taken a huge amount as loan from a city bank which he found unable to repay. There were also several cases pending against him like murder of Naveena, a lady advocate, by her lover.
SV Srinivas Rao requested the court that after the mercy killing, his house should be given away to some charitable trust.He also appealed to the court to dismiss all cases pending against him
Both are totally different condition and both person demanding same things , there is no golden rule as such so i can say mercy killing is right or wrong.
It's extremely confusing and difficult also to reach any concrete conclusion. It is such a long standing and controversial debate which has no end because both the groups of thought have hundreds of arguments in pros and cons.
So first let us know what kind of killing this is.
I have traced out two definitions by surfing the Internet:
(1) An easy or painless death or intentional ending of the life of a person suffering from incurable or painful disease at the patient’s request.
(2) The intentional termination of the life of one human being by another.
But question still in my mind that "Mercy killing should be legalized."
i am strongly against the legalization of mercy killing due to numerous reasons
it is very traumatizing for a family memeber to decide whether a person should live or not, because i believe that the right to take lives lies solely with the one who gave us the life in the first place-God.
legalizing mercy killing we will be giving a weapon that can be used as a cover-up for cold blooded murder.
One may argue that voluntary euthanasia could be legalized but for that a patient has to be mentally prepared to accept the fact that his life will be terminated.Thus,the level of competence comes in, and competence cannot be defined or determined.also,sometimes a patient can be put under psychological pressure or brainwashed to believe that there is no chance left and thus forced to consent to voluntary euthanasia, to fulfil the ulterior motives of accomplices, family members or any person involved.
Now I look these thing in different way and i totally disagree with above comments
AS likely as this decision can be painfully traumatic for a family member.
Families of individuals suffering with such diseases see their bright, happy relative reduced to a shadow of their former self. Their loved one suffers a slow and painful death. Surely, it is kinder to put a mother, father, brother or sister out of their misery and allow them to die a peaceful death, as is their last wish.
Human beings are independent biological entities, and as an adult, have the right to take and carry out decisions about themselves.
God gave us life to treasure and we should not waste it by any means-euthanasia or just plain suicide-and I agree, but God also gave us free will ( the power of making free choices that are unconstrained by external circumstances or by an agency such as fate or divine will, as defined by the online free dictionary). So that means that it is in our own free will whether to keep living or take our life. If one is suffering from an incurable disease and that it is causing him great pain, then it is only rightful and merciful if he is allowed to end his agony by means of Mercy,
some reason by listed below.
Rights of the individual
Pain & Suffering
Quality of life; risks of criminalization
Animal rights
Again create a lot of thought in my mind ..... still not able to reach end the debate..... but can say it's depends on case to case and person to person.......
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