Write a 2,000 paper on an ETHICAL ISSUE related to aging and end of life. The issue is EUTHANASIA and how it relates to ELDERLY (AGING AND END OF LIFE ISSUES). The paper should begin by concisely stating the ethical issue by providing a biblically base response (Christian world view) where as it may conflict from a (Secular world view).

Write a 2,000 paper on an ETHICAL ISSUE related to aging and end of life. The issue is EUTHANASIA and how it relates to ELDERLY (AGING AND END OF LIFE ISSUES).
The paper should begin by concisely stating the ethical issue by providing a biblically base response (Christian world view) where as it may conflict from a (Secular world view).

OUTLINE OF RESEARCH PAPER
I. Introduction (1) paragraphs
a. Story, The Quinlan and Cruzan cases help to set the legal precedent that life-sustaining medical procedures can be refused even if a patient is not competent to voice the refusal. However, there continues to be vigorous and heated debate concerning the circumstances under which medical procedures should be removed from patients without their explicit consent
i. USE AS AN OPEN INTRODUCTION: A CASE STUDY, (The Quinlan and Cruzan case)
I. What is Death (take the definition from the “Evangelical Ethics 3rd edition) by John Jefferson Davis? Page 184

II. Biblical Perspective and Guidelines (according to the Bible, death is unnatural, inevitable, and for the Christian, not final. Death is an unnatural intrusion into God’s good universe. It is a direct consequence of man’s sin (Gen. 2:17, “When you eat of it you will surely die” (NIV); Romans6:23, “for the wages of sin is death”). Death is the “last enemy,” an enemy of man that will be finally overcome at the time of Christ’s return and the final resurrection (1 Cor 15:26, 54-57). Because death is unnatural, the Christian will reject humanistic philosophies that see death and dying as only a “natural” transition to either oblivion or to some higher stage of existence. According to the Bible, for the unbeliever death is in fact a prelude to final judgment in the presence of God (Heb. 9:27) (from “Evangelical Ethics 3rd edition) page 192.

III. Define is Euthanasia? Euthanasia may be defined for the purpose of this research as “the deliberate killing of a person suffering an illness believed to be terminal, ostensibly out of: mercy.” This definition reflects the popular terminology of “mercy killing.” Some writers point out that the word euthanasia derives from the Greek (eu + Thanatos) literally means “good death.” Similarly, distinctions are sometimes drawn between “active” and “passive” euthanasia.

IV. Is Euthanasia a Dignified death? What should we do to a person hopelessly caught in a burning car who begs to be shot to death? Or when a strikingly deformed baby is born and suddenly stops breathing, is the doctor morally obligated to resuscitate the baby? Would it be more merciful to let the baby die? Again, perhaps a person with an incurable disease is being kept alive only by a ventilator machine. If the plug is pulled he/she will die; if he/she lives will he/she only be in a “vegetative” existence. These and several similar situations focus on the ethical problem inherent in euthanasia. The word euthanasia comes from the Greek language: eu meaning “good” and thanatos meaning “death”. The meaning of the word has evolved from “good death”. It now refers to the act of ending a person’s life, at their request. Euthanasia, also known as assisted suicide, physician-assisted suicide (dying), doctor-assisted dying (suicide), and a more loosely termed mercy killing. There are three main classifications of euthanasia: Voluntary, Involuntary, and Non-involuntary. There are two procedural classifications of euthanasia: Passive and Active.

V. Judeo-Christian Worldview on Euthanasia: use the following scriptures or Theology-Biblical Perspective on Euthanasia
Ex 20:13, Gen 1:26-27 (human life is sacred); 1 Cor 6:19 (the body of the dying can still be a temple of the Holy Spirit); and 1 Cor 6:19b-20 (you are not your own; you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

The sovereignty of God (Deut.322:39) (Heb 9:27)
The Constitution gives no right to kill:
VI. It is not merciful to kill a sufferer
There is much to be learned through suffering (James 1:2-4; Rom 5:3-4; Job 23:10; James 5:11; and Heb 12:11).

There is no price tag on human life
The end does not justify the means- utilitarian’s ethics
VII. Secular Worldview on Euthanasia:
? It is an act of mercy to the suffering family
? It relieves the family of heavy financial strain
? It relieves society of a great social burden
? Peter Singer: then at Monash University in Australia, which provided a rationale for infanticide in the case of the severely handicapped new-born? “We can no longer base our ethic on the idea that human beings are a special form of creation, made in the image
? of God,” stated Singer
• The Doctor’s Dilemma: A Question of Ethics
Doctors have a sticky situation when it comes to euthanasia. Not only do they have their own moral conscience to consider, but they must look at the situation from a medical ethics point of view. This view stems from the famous oath written by Hippocrates in the fifth century B.C. The moral debate over the permissibility of euthanasia has raised challenging questions for the entire medical profession . Physicians have always understood that the alleviation of suffering is at the heart of their profession. In the contemporary practice of medicine, however, this goal and responsibility is being extended beyond the promotion of health through the treatment of disease to a more general responsibility for alleviating suffering. The physician is now held responsible for solutions to human suffering, even when those solutions fall outside the boundaries of traditional medical practice.
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