Meaning
Greek, "good death"
purposely ending a person's life in order to stop the unbearable pain caused by an illness
"assisted suicide"
America's "suicide doctor" Dr. Jack Kavokian, sent to prison for 2nd-degree murder in 1999
(be) acquitted: be found innocent
(to) side with: agree with, (take one's side)
(be) reluctant to: hesitate to, don't really want to
be better off: be happier, be in a better condition
altruism: 이타주의
egoism: 이기주의, 자만, 자부심, 자아의식
My Opinion
It's a kind of hot potato. Recently one female elderly who was in coma state was judged to come to death naturally. Her mechanical ventilator was removed under the judical decision, but she is still alive without any mechanical help.
I don't think any human can decide the human's death. I don't agree with Euthanasia nor Death penalty. The only thing that doctors can do for those who want to die is to relieve their physical and mental pain. Some of their medication and verbal actions can help them. And I think all humans have rights to live without pain; doctors can help them do so. Doctors should use pain relievers enough for patients in terrible pain, even though the patients lose their consciousness or die because of the pain killers. But it is limited within the terminally ill patients.
More discussions and more time will be needed to establish the social agreement.
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