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Euthanasia，a quiet and easy death，or “mercy killing” as we call it has made the headlines frequently recently. Some people believe that the legalization of euthanasia will raise serious moral and social issues, but other people take an opposite side. They firmly applaud it and argue that euthanasia should be legalized. As far as I am concerned, the latter notion is preferable in many senses.
The reasons are as follows. For one thing, there’s no doubt that every human being has a right to life, it is the most basic and fundamental of all our rights. The right to speech does not remove the option to remain silent; the right to vote brings with it the right to abstain. In the same way, the right to choose to die is implicit in the right to life. For another, to practice euthanasia can benefit both the patient and his family. To a terminally ill person who is suffering excruciating pains day and night or living in the vegetable state，to be allowed to end the one’s life painlessly is a good release. Those who are in the late stages of a terminal disease have a horrific future ahead of them: the gradual decline of their body, or the failure of their organs and the need for artificial support. The huge amounts of medication required to ‘control’ their pain will often leave them in an incapable state. Faced with this, it is surely more humane that those people be allowed to choose the manner of their own end, and die with dignity.
Although the decision made about euthanasia will undoubtedly have tremendous consequences in society, based on the series of advantages that euthanasia brings to us, a natural conclusion from the above discussion is that euthanasia should be legalized.