Claim Of Value (Million Dollar Baby)

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Contemporary Issues In the movie Million Dollar Baby, the main character Maggie was left paralyzed from the neck down after a boxing match with no likelihood of ever recovering. She requested that her trainer and close friend Frankie put her out of her misery and end her life. After he refused to do it she took the matters upon herself and attempted suicide by biting her own tongue, so that she would bleed to death. After she was unsuccessful, the doctors heavily sedated her so that she could not attempt to do it again. After that, Frankie could see her pain and agony, and how she truly no longer wanted to go on in life. What would be the point of going on, after aspiring from white trash, rising to the highest level of boxing that she possibly could have. Her life crashed down and she had no hope of ever moving again, only being supported by a breathing machine and feeding tube. The doctors already cut off one leg, and probably would remove more limbs as time went on. None of her family cared about her, only about signing over her money in a will and could care less if she lived or died. When in this position, why would one want to go on living, when there is nothing to look forward to? Frankie ended up honoring her wishes, by giving her a lethal injection and disconnecting her breathing machine. In a world where you are confined to a bed left with no chance of ever moving again, or so ill that you are constantly in pain and close to death, what is the purpose of living out the rest of your life? I believe euthanasia is a good way to leave this world, putting an end to suffering when there is no hope for recovery. Many times when the patient is not able to make a rational choice, the choice to terminate the life of a patient is left up to the doctor and the family. In the article, In Defense of Voluntary Euthanasia, written by Sidney Hook, the

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